Author: KarinsDad
Date: 13:02:51 01/14/99
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On January 14, 1999 at 15:35:02, E quiamas wrote: >hello; > Today it seems like it is becoming easier to cheat whether you are playing >blitz 3 0 or bullet 1 0 at icc ot fics..etc.The new software chesspartner 4.0 >allows you to do that and on top of that they are many modified versions of >blitzin with engine interface and other support.Sadly typing ""var"" to verify >that the interface is blitzin does not help anymore. >I suggested to ICC to create a version of blitzin that can automatically >disconnect if it detects an engine running on the cpu of the user and have all >its members acquire it .Is it possible for programmers to create something >like this. > I think this idea would stop cheating alltogether and have a positive effect >on internet chess in the future. It would help, but it wouldn't eliminate cheating. With multiple computers, there is no way to legitimately detect cheating in all cases. That doesn't mean that people cannot be suspected (due to types of moves made, etc.) and won't get (C)ed, it just means that there is no software solution that will prove it in all cases, hence you cannot stop cheating altogether. One mechanism to attempt to limit cheating is to make it a social faux pas, similar to how smoking in the US is considered to be in bad taste this days. "Just Say No" may help and obviously, the current attempts to detect and (C) suspected cheaters helps as well. But, humans are a notoriously capable lot and if some of them want to cheat, they will find a way to do it. KarinsDad :) >thanks .
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