Author: Omid David Tabibi
Date: 06:09:07 03/12/03
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On March 12, 2003 at 02:10:00, Ignacio Urbelz wrote: >>A very simple idea: >> >>If immediately after each move of your opponent you are leaving the current >>window, then return to it and quickly play the move, you are almost certainly >>cheating :-) > >Now I understand ! I typically surf the web while playing some matches at >Playchess.com and have got a couple of warnings before my rating got deleted. That's also what I do; but when you return to the board, you would normally think for a few seconds before playing the move. If you return to the board and immediately play the move, well, that's kinda suspicious! > I >never understood the reasons why, because I wasn't cheating (and you have to >believe me here). What I miss is a human supervision of the system or a way to >escalate complains. When that happened I was on a loosing streak and couldn't >really understand how someone could accuse me of cheating when I was loosing >against opponents rated around 1500 ! However, I did not find a way to escalate >or complain or ask for a revision of the decision... > >Ignacio
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