Author: steven blincoe
Date: 09:30:57 06/18/04
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>Premove and smart move, and auto-queen are things unique to online chess. Most >use thesefeatures, and in a very fast game they produce results, so much >so .that if you don't use them you are handicapping yourself, and your >bullet .rating will be way below your slower game rating. for me,i no longer play rated games because of this and because of the rampant cheating(use of PC chess programs) my idea of online chess is simply you are playing another person via the internet there should be no other differences to see someone a full rook down( but ahead on time) use a premove client to make 63 moves in 9 seconds changes the game from chess to a video game i realize many players employ these artifical means to inflate their ratings so i determined long ago,for myself, that online ratings are meaningless and not statistically valid so i play only unrated games as a guest,i use no PC programs to make my moves for me and no pre-move clients and no other gimmicks i find that about 25-30% of the players i meet online are also not using these artificial methods while on any given night about 70% do,even in unrated games as soon as i think i am playing someone using a computer,or as soon as i see they are using a premove client i just let the clock run out until the game is over > In my post I meant the interface went on it's merry way playing games by >itself under my handle, with no interaction by me. For this I got into trouble >with the server. ok now i understand thanks for the clarification Regards Steve
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