I thought I had a good answer to this on thread:http://www.redhotchess.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=40267

But everybody was such a dick about it that I gave up on explaining it to them. Have a look see, you may agree.

Mama, mama - my opponent is threatening me!

Really, petito Corleone? What did this british dandy say to my sicilian darling?

In the case I am using software during the match and win, he will invite me for a typical british dinner !!!!!

Oh my god, how awful - I will inform the admins right this moment!

Originally posted by Sicilian Smaug
The likeliness that somebody rated 1500 plays 10 perfect FRITZ-moves is as high as the likeliness that Britney Spears is pregnant from you or the likeliness that I win the lottery jackpot this weekend (= 0 😵 !!!

I never did check his moves back with FRITZ. It was my feeling (and the experience of 20.000+ games on ICC and playchess before coming here) that he used software.

And by the way: a forum is the right place for things of public interest but not for tons of private messages. If everbody now starts to post here, that his opponent called him a "lame arse" (what Sicilian Smaug did among other nice words) then this will be soon a battle field.

I am a very experienced player as I mentionned above, I played 20.000+ games on ICC and playchess before joining here.
And I still believe in my argument: the likelniness that somebody rated RHP-1500 plays 10 moves identical with FRITZ is near 0 % (except the opening moves). So if somebody rated 1500 does so, then there is something wrong.

Originally posted by Bryan Ferry
And by the way: a forum is the right place for things of public interest but not for tons of private messages. If everbody now starts to post here, that his opponent called him a "lame arse" (what Sicilian Smaug did among other nice words) then this will be soon a battle field.

Nor is verbal abuse.

And worst of all: the use of chess software. Cheating is the only thing what can ever stop internet chess because basically the web is perfect for chess.

But cheating is a serious problem: I know so many players> 2000 FIDE who dont play anymore time controls longer then 3/0 on ICC and this has only one reason: they want to be sure to play a human.