Author: J. C. Boco
Date: 17:03:02 01/08/02
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On January 08, 2002 at 17:50:33, David Amatulli wrote: >On January 07, 2002 at 18:59:54, John Pahl wrote: > >>Why play chess and cheat? >>I will never understand that. >>You see people on ICC that have got caught cheating, why? >>Just so you can have a high rating. Do people think if they get a high rating >>others will look up to them? >>What do these cheats do when they get a high rating and other players start >>asking them quistion about chess and the cheats do not answer back like you >>would expect a high rated player to. >>Would just be a waste of one's time as I see it. >> >>Just my thoughts............. >> >> >>JP > >Ok people on ICC who cheat are wasting their time. >What if though the persons goal to cheating over the board tournaments wasn't >rating based at all? >A 1400 and under section in some tournaments in America can pay up to $4000. >U1500 $4000, U1600 $4000, U1700 $5000 and so on. >If the cheaters goal was only to stay in relatively these areas and just mop up >the prize earnings I feel he can go a long time or possibly never get caught. >If his rating starts increasing to higher levels, all he has to do is invest $20 >into a club tournament in his home town and lose all or most of his games >dropping his rating back down. Like sandbaggers do. >If I were to cheat that's how I'd do it, screw the ratings. Show me the money! > >-Dave With respect to winning the same class prize repeatedly, I believe that once you win a large class prize you are ineligable for future class prizes of the same or lower level. I guess you could milk the ClassD then ClassC etc. Now that those Palms are all over the place, you really have to start wondering how often they are referenced if their owner in playing in the last round and is in the prize money race. Perhaps players who play the Sicilian Dragon should be suspect?????
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