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Subject: Re: ICC cheating with weak progs

Author: Kevin Mulloy

Date: 11:05:01 01/20/99

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On January 20, 1999 at 00:57:50, Will Singleton wrote:

>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

Dear Will,
     There are players on the ICC that play "perfect" openings every time for a
much more honest and interesting reason.  I won't give my handle here, but if
you ever play me on the ICC and



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