20 Jun '08 14:45>1 edit
Originally posted by SquelchbelchWith good moderation the internet doesnt need to be full of cheats. I started off and help run an online chess league called the ANCL (all nations chess league) Its been going for about 2-3 years now, we play 90+5 games weekly and we have players much stronger than 2000 (I think the average rating is 1800ish onlin, but the majority of players are also strong OTB players all the way up to GM) Of course we get cheats in the league too and every season the ANCL runs people get banned, but for the most part cheats dont last long because the higher rated games get a lot of real time kibitzers and the fact that playchess admins do work closely with us in detecting and removing cheats from the league. If people are prepared to put time into the cheating problem it can be controlled, you will always get new ones but it never runs rampant. I know that if RHP lost all forms of cheating deterrent then it would also lose a number of its members.....I certainly wouldnt keep subscribing if they went the way of Yahoo.
Erm I hate to be the one to point this out, but most people who play OTB at clubs view online chess as a bit of a joke anyway.
I asked 2 veterans of my club if they'd like to play online & they both looked at each other, laughed & the club chairman (ECF 163) said "the internet's full of cheats".
Chess here is good for brushing-up on openings, trying ...[text shortened]... ive analysis. If you're 2000+ forget it - half the time you'll probably be playing a CPU.