Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba
Date: 10:06:39 03/27/99
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On March 26, 1999 at 20:25:47, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >Here's a more important issue: When I play on ICC, the _only_ thing I get from >winning/losing/drawing is a rating adjustment. And we _all_ use those to try to >figure out who can play chess how well. > >Now what would you do if you play an 1800 player that uses a computer every now >and then? You get killed with your rating (I am talking about _me_ as a human >player here, not as a computer program). > >That is a real problem.. someone that says "so what if it is only once every 10 >games..." How often do you find an 1800 player that plays like a 2600 player >every 10th game? > >Not a reasonable thing... This is something I have never understood. I do not play on chess servers, and I do not plan to play in the future, and perhaps I do not understand why people care so much about playing on servers. Rating points are worthless, why worry about losing a few of them? I understand that some people might have a personal goal of achieving a high rating, but if they are strong enough they will get it sooner or later, regardless of how many times they are cheated. Also, I do not understand why people cheat at all. What is the point of that? Winning or losing does not seem that important to me, I do not care. I play chess for fun only, I see no reason to cheat. What intrigues me the most is why some people give so much importance to the play on chess servers. There is a life out there, enjoy and try to be happy! José (:
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