Originally posted by SwissGambit
RHP doesn't do anything about cheats anymore. Sorry, you're jolly well screwed if you get matched up against one of them.
I agree with radicalcpp. Thumbs up from me.
I used to play TheBigKat
User 653175 regularly. He was recommended to me by an OTB friend who played him on here and called him a strong player. I trust my OTB friend, so I took the games on. I've played 8 against him, and mostly gotten my butt kicked. I walked away with 1 win,
Game 9900006. He must not have used his silicone processing skills on his second to last move...
I have recently messaged TheBigKat, asking for some explanations, trying to see if there was an honest answer to all this.
My questions were-at one point in time, some of you may remember this, TheBigKat posted he had an OTB rate of something near 2400 (I think 2392 was the exact number?), but he then later amended it to 2172. Btw, that has been removed from his profile too. In our games, I learned his first name was David and he claimed to be from Pennsylvania. Of course, how much of any this could be true I don't know. I messaged him asking if there was any record he wished to provide showing proof of his rate. I remember sometime ago caissad4
User 66723 asked him to PM her some information proving his rates and the tournaments he claimed to have played in. He at one point claimed he met a 'young Fischer'. That is straight from his profile-again that has been removed some time ago. Well, I messaged caissad4 asking if he ever did provide that information she asked for. She replied he has not...
So that was one reason I messaged him. He and I used to have a decent relationship, before I realized he used his computer in every move against me. I have not heard back from him on this point.
I also brought up his consistent matchup rates that exceed 85+%. One user on here, pikejohn
User 689304, has said to me that he read somewhere that OTB masters and GMs have a matchup rate 90% of Houdini or other strong chess engines. He never provided where he read that. Correct me if I'm wrong, but 60% is the accepted threshhold for top 1 picks for OTB Super GMs.
I brought this all up to TheBigKat. If that is the accepted threshhold for a 2700+ then what is it for a 2172, IF that is his true rate...
All of this is to say, I do not even slightly believe TheBigKat is a true and honest player. There should be some consequences for this as radicalcpp pointed out. If not a banning, then at least a censorship.
I was recently asked to join in a club called 'Maybe Masters?' by Pikejohn. I joined without thinking but then noticed that TheBigKat was in the club already. I messaged Pikejohn pushing for TheBigKat to be removed from the club. He at first argued he didn't see any proof that TheBig Kat was cheating. I presented my arguments, and it was put to a vote in the club. The result was,
TheBigKat got kicked from the club. This is only a minor victory, but if enough players start fussing about him, and other players, maybe, just maybe the players can be censored enough that most to almost all won't play them. If it is fake rating points they are after, that can be denied by a literal 'boycott'.
I just wanted to share this 'minor' victory, and maybe TheBigKat will come full round and be honest. I once talked with atticus2
User 465997 what his thought was if a player came honest about their play. He said, and I agreed, they should be accepted again, if they will now play fair.
fullcoldbright
User 664256 admitted to cheating (I have several who can verify this if needed). I wish he had stayed after coming honest.
Hope you got something out of these ramblings, if not, still go enjoy your chess!
Cheers!
K.T.
P.S. [EDIT], Data Fly should more carefully consider his/her statments before he/she lumps everyone on page one into the category of cheats. I ask that he/she qualify their statements-I have received no response yet. I believe there are many honest players on page 1, many of them mentioned on my profile. Many have been page 1 players and are no longer who were honest. You should carefully consider an accusation before making.
There should be consequences for cheating, but there should also be consequences for making false accusations!