Author: Mark R. Anderson
Date: 11:47:26 11/19/04
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Roger, The problem is when you have a human "rated" 2000, who wants to improve his rating. Against you, he then uses a second (or dedicated) computer. Then, you think you are playing a 2000-rated human, but are playing Hiarcs perhaps at 2700. Guess what? You lose, since you're not a Grandmaster. Then, he gets rating points and you lose them (actually, you lose extra ... if the rating was correctly listed as 2700, you would lose fewer points). A similar problem exists with backgammon. At least with bullet chess, it is much more difficult for a person to cheat, or so I think. Personally, I don't play anyone online at chess or backgammon who I don't know. I play "bots" (short for robots) all the time when I play Fritz, Hiarcs, Junior etc, at chess, or Snowie, Jellyfish or GNU at backgammon. They usually beat me, but that's OK, I know what I'm getting into when I play them (and can "dummy them down" if I so choose). What I don't like is a cheater who says they are a person, but you are playing a bot. I have no patience for such cheaters. Yes, it IS cheating, since they are lying. If we played openly with computer help, then that's different. An amusing anecdote ... I was playing at a chess club with a friend who's a strong player (master). We joined in some 10-minute chess with some people and I sat down to play a person who broadcast their supposed "internet" rating of 2300. I wiped this guy off the board several times, then my friend did an even more thorough job on him. Then, my friend came over to me and said, "2300? Who does he think he's kidding? Try 1300." We both rolled our eyes and laughed. The internet cheater had only made himself look like a fool. Regards, Mark On November 19, 2004 at 09:24:59, Roger D Davis wrote: >As long as the opponent's rating is valid, it makes no difference to me whether >the opponent is a computer masquerading as a human. I'm playing the rating, and >really don't care whether opponent is biological or silicon. > >On the other hand, I don't want to play a rating of 2000 that's really 2500. I >don't know whether it's possible to fake a rating. > >Roger
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