Originally posted by jcandance my guess is people will often follow guides for openings, and mostly that's it. Will some people cheat every move, of course, but that's what happens with anonymous games on the internet. If somebody is sandbagging so they can beat you, then who cares, move on. They aren't getting far in life anyway .
I have a few new clan games now running with player in my OP. I sent him a nice in game message saying how much I enjoyed our games etc. It was ignored. It's fine. 🙂
Originally posted by jcandance Perhaps ask him what engine he uses? 😉
I really do enjoy the games i have with him; like me he is a trigger-happy fast mover who plays (what I consider to be) aggressively. I'd rather not damage his sensibilities further.
If your opponent, after playing hundreds of games in rook and pawn endings, still hasn't been able to discern how to win, then I think he(she) should seriously look for another game to play. There is no future in chess for this person. You, of course, did nothing wrong.
Originally posted by Nimzojim If your opponent, after playing hundreds of games in rook and pawn endings, still hasn't been able to discern how to win, then I think he(she) should seriously look for another game to play. There is no future in chess for this person. You, of course, did nothing wrong.
Agreed, it's the cooking equivalent of failing to boil an egg after 100 tries.
Originally posted by DeepThought The terms of service allow opening books, opening databases and online databases of games between human players. So any online resource which differs from a book only be being online is fine. The terms of service rule out asking another person for advice. They also rule out using an engine to find moves during a game as well as the use of end game tab ...[text shortened]... tion. Essentially you can do research, but the only computation you can do is in your own head.
The ToS also implicitly rule out the scenario in Thread 167519 in which one player gets two other players to play each other by proxy unbeknownst to them. That is, player X starts a game with player Y and one move later starts a game with player Z (colors reversed), both of whom are above his own rating. He then plays Z’s moves against Y, and so on.
Originally posted by divegeester The tables are now turned in a subsequent game. I have so far managed to resist insisting that he resign as mate with a rook and king is impossible.
Originally posted by divegeester The tables are now turned in a subsequent game. I have so far managed to resist insisting that he resign as mate with a rook and king is impossible.
Originally posted by divegeester The tables are now turned in a subsequent game. I have so far managed to resist insisting that he resign as mate with a rook and king is impossible.
Originally posted by divegeester 5-10 seconds. Occasionally 20.
I thought you didn't spend long. There's a lot of blunders, if you don't want to spend longer I'd suggest making the move on the board and pausing before pressing the "make move" button just to give yourself a chance to see if you've hanged the piece.
Originally posted by DeepThought I thought you didn't spend long. There's a lot of blunders, if you don't want to spend longer I'd suggest making the move on the board and pausing before pressing the "make move" button just to give yourself a chance to see if you've hanged the piece.
Thanks. Yes I make lots of really blunders and at times where I really stop and think it though I'm sure my play hits 1050 level 😛
Edit: seriously though, thanks for the advice, you are dead right.
Am I cheating?
05 Feb '16 09:43
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