Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 18:15:14 01/30/02
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On January 30, 2002 at 21:05:56, John Pahl wrote: >Hi, > >Do computer programs make it to easy to cheat? >I do not understand why anyone would be interested in playing chess online only >to cheat at it. > >Here is a website I thought was kind of interesting. >http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Realm/8655/ENGLISH/Part8_ENG.htm#Top > >How many people on this forum play great chess online but are really just >cheaters waiting to be caught? >.....no name please :) ....... > >Please don't anyone take that personaly. >Just my thoughts. >What do you think about chess programs and cheating? I think that most people online don't cheat. By that I mean the computer accounts are marked with a "C" saying that they are computers. Sure there are some cheaters. There may also be GM's who run a computer but occasionally override it when the see a clearly superior move (but I suspect that is incredibly rare). At any rate, what is gained by cheating? I don't see any result of value. So you get an online rating of 2800. A *fake* rating. I can't imagine how anyone would receive pleasure from it. Sure. Some do. But I think it is a small minority. They also have measures to remove computer cheaters. Naturally, it won't be possible to remove them all. There are many thousands of online chess games and neither the admins or the players have the wherewithall to investigate every possibility. I don't know why anyone would worry about it. So someone gets a fake rating, pretending to be a GM. But playing against a computer or a human of that ability will get you the same rating points if you win against it. So who cares? They have their strange, hollow victory. Let them wallow in it. Deep down, they know it's fake anyway.
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