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Subject: Re: Computer cheating, another perspective?

Author: Lin Harper

Date: 02:13:48 03/28/99

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On March 28, 1999 at 03:10:50, Mark Young wrote:

>On March 28, 1999 at 02:18:02, Bruce Moreland wrote:
>I've got an idea for ICC, give everyone a (C) label and everyone can apply individually for an (H) label..:)
>>
>>On March 27, 1999 at 23:25:59, Mark Young wrote:
>>
>>>How often do inexpert players make unjustified accusations?
>>
>>A lot, I think.
>>
>>>I know that computer cheating is rampant, but some accusations and paranoia are
>>>clearly getting out of hand. I have been told by members on ICC and FICS that
>>>they think some FM and IM are cheating with computers. If paronoia has reached
>>>this level, its time to take a step back.
>>
>>An IM was busted for cheating with a computer
>
>Wow, Who can you trust...If FM and IM are proven cheaters...How long before a
>Grandmaster gets busted.
>
>If things have no gotten this bad...its time to give up the C lable and just
>assume everyone is a computer.
>
>
>, but yes, you hear all manner of
>>accusations about every category of player.  There are some people who assume
>>that everything over 2700 blitz is a computer.
>
>>
>>On the other hand, some guy who's played less than fifty games, all with big
>>increment, and quite a few standard games, many (wins) against computers, and
>>some of the rest against humans rated around 2200, who has massively more won
>>games than lost games, who has a rating in excess of 2450, who tends to move in
>>4-6 seconds in the opening (which tends to last until about move 12-20), who
>>tends to use roughly similar times per move during the middlegame, with a slight
>>tendency toward using less time as the game goes on, will be a computer almost
>>every time, and will probably be a pretty weird guy if it's not a computer.
>>
>>bruce



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