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Subject: Re: How does the Internet Chess Club "detect" cheaters (i.e., computer use)

Author: Jorge

Date: 15:37:00 08/30/02

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On August 29, 2002 at 13:24:07, Slater Wold wrote:

>On August 29, 2002 at 12:35:39, Gerald Grimsley wrote:
>
>>Hello, I see at the ICC website they say they have vigorous mechanisms in place
>>to detect cheating (meaning using computers to play one's game).  Does anybody
>>out there play at ICC and what are some of the ways they use to detect cheaters?
>>It seems to me that you would never "really" know if you were playing against a
>>computer.
>>Thanks,
>>Gerald
>
>Their program is spyware - it makes sure you're not running other programs.
>
>And humans and computers don't play chess the same way.

Well, that may work, but then there are users that have progs running on another
computer.

jorge



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