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Posted by timothy on Tuesday January 15, 8:44 A.M.
First time accepted submitter Shaterri writes
"Which is more likely: that a low-ranked player could play through a high-level tournament at grandmaster level, or that they were getting undetected assistance from a computer?
How about when that player is nearly strip-searched with no devices found? How about when their moves correlate too well with independent computer calculations?
Ken Regan has a fascinating article on one of the most complex (potential) cheating cases to come along in recent memory."
dlevere's note:
I have long been accused of cheating on Yahoo Chess. I never cheated.
I have whipped many asses, from all over the world, on Yahoo Chess, and the funniest thing is that I don't know a damned thing about Chess.
I learned to play in a police station in Marseilles, France while I was in the Navy. Very basic level of training, but I got pissed off at Yahoo for giving me a warning when I was on their Yahoo Answers board, and I haven't been back since.
But be warned - if and when I return to Yahoo Chess, and you have the unmitigated temerity to play me, you will be richly rewarded for your insolence with a severe trashing.
First time accepted submitter Shaterri writes
"Which is more likely: that a low-ranked player could play through a high-level tournament at grandmaster level, or that they were getting undetected assistance from a computer?
How about when that player is nearly strip-searched with no devices found? How about when their moves correlate too well with independent computer calculations?
Ken Regan has a fascinating article on one of the most complex (potential) cheating cases to come along in recent memory."
dlevere's note:
I have long been accused of cheating on Yahoo Chess. I never cheated.
I have whipped many asses, from all over the world, on Yahoo Chess, and the funniest thing is that I don't know a damned thing about Chess.
I learned to play in a police station in Marseilles, France while I was in the Navy. Very basic level of training, but I got pissed off at Yahoo for giving me a warning when I was on their Yahoo Answers board, and I haven't been back since.
But be warned - if and when I return to Yahoo Chess, and you have the unmitigated temerity to play me, you will be richly rewarded for your insolence with a severe trashing.