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Subject: Re: Chessbase

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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