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Subject: Re: Playchess HaCkEd????

Author: Ernst Walet

Date: 13:16:45 05/14/05

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On May 14, 2005 at 14:04:27, Komputer Korner wrote:

>On May 14, 2005 at 13:18:54, Ernst Walet wrote:
>
>>Ja leuk he, dat playchess geen resume functie kent voor afgebroken partijen.....
>>
>>We spreken!!
>>
>>On May 14, 2005 at 13:10:33, Andre van Ark wrote:
>>
>>>Zeker weten doe je het nooit ;-)
>>>
>>>Feit is wel dat de server bij voorkeur crasht als ik gewonnen sta ;-((
>>>
>>>André
>>>
>>>On May 14, 2005 at 13:06:15, Ernst Walet wrote:
>>>
>>>>On May 14, 2005 at 13:04:31, Andre van Ark wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>>The server seems to be down.
>>>>>
>>>>>It wasn't me.
>>>>>
>>>>>André
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Zeker weten? ;-)
>
>A month ago I encountered 2 different opponents who were terrible players but
>with each of them just before I was going to mate them, they were able to abort
>and I could not do anything about it. The games were not registered as wins by
>me. I followed one of them as a kibitzer and he was doing it to others. I
>complained to the site authorities and even telephoned the Chessbase office
>about how was that possible and never got a satisfactory response. It hasn't
>happened again but I am sure that there are rogue programs that can hack the
>ChessBase site. They watch computer cheaters pretty carefully and throw them
>out, so
>I imagine that playchess is a prime candidate for hacking.

It happened to me once, about a year ago. Sad to hear it is still possible. One
of the reasons I like and play at FICS more often.

Ernst.



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