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Subject: Re: ICC cheating with weak progs

Author: Will Singleton

Date: 21:57:50 01/19/99

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On January 20, 1999 at 00:23:03, Reynolds Takata wrote:

>A person using a relatively weak program such as CM3000(playes bad), or edchess,
>or cyrus 3d,  Since they wouldn't really be taking anu big scalps and not
>drawing attention, are they really detectable?  Especially because no one is
>looking for them, and also because their play wouldn't look like a lot of modern
>day progs.

Do you ask because you have some suspicions about a particular account?

I have identified a cheater, Godizila, who has an interesting method.  He will
play various medium-strength computers and humans, usually building up a winning
position before losing on time or allowing a repetition.  He always plays a
perfect opening, never makes a tactical mistake, takes about the same amount of
time for each move, and doesn't move immediately.  If he gets low on time,
however, he starts playing faster, and makes obvious mistakes.  Definitely using
a computer, and making the moves manually.

Will




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