Detecting Chess Cheats Taxes Computers

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Detecting Chess Cheats Taxes Computers

Posted by timothy on Tuesday March 20, 2012 @05:29AM from the listen-for-the-synthesized-voice-in-the-background dept.

First time accepted submitter jeffrlamb writes "Cheating in live chess matches — fueled by powerful computer programs that play better than people do, as well as sophisticated communication technologies — is becoming a big problem for world championship chess. Kenneth W. Regan is attempting to construct a mathematical proof to see if someone cheated; the trouble is that so many variables and outliers must be taken into account. Modeling and factoring human behavior in competition turns out to be very difficult."

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Simple by demonbug · 2012-03-20 05:33 · Score: 5, Funny

I'd just use the CoD system for cheat detection. If they beat me, they cheated. Simple enough.
Re:Obsolete by Anonymous Coward · 2012-03-20 05:41 · Score: 0, Funny

Chess is obsolete then. Better to pick a game where people can still beat computers.
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Re:Cage Matches! by Anonymous Coward · 2012-03-20 05:41 · Score: 5, Funny

Then shortly after, the other player leaves.
Stupid whiny taxes computers by Fallingcow · 2012-03-20 05:42 · Score: 5, Funny

I don't see how detecting chess can cheat the taxes computers. Our detecting chess should be none of the taxes computers business, IMO.
More of the usual bitching I've come to expect from taxes computers. Big complainers, them.
1. Re:Stupid whiny taxes computers by FooAtWFU · 2012-03-20 05:54 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  More of the usual bitching I've come to expect from taxes computers. Big complainers, them.
  Well, yeah. Everything's bigger in Taxes.
  
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Re:Why is it 'cheating'? by SJHillman · 2012-03-20 05:46 · Score: 3, Funny

I, for one, welcome having an Aided Olympics where sprinters are allowed to use motorcycles and lasers.
Re:Cage Matches! by Canazza · 2012-03-20 05:54 · Score: 4, Funny

Then the referee, who takes the chess set with him.

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Re:Huh? by unixisc · 2012-03-20 05:55 · Score: 3, Funny

If that's the case, just have the computer play Computer vs Computer.
Re:Cage Matches! by g0bshiTe · 2012-03-20 05:57 · Score: 4, Funny

Naked chess!

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Re:Why is it 'cheating'? by NatasRevol · 2012-03-20 06:00 · Score: 3, Funny

Or the same...

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Re:Huh? by thehickcoder · 2012-03-20 06:07 · Score: 4, Funny

Pshhh.... qzjkh is a perfectly cromulent word.
Re:Obsolete by Delarth799 · 2012-03-20 06:20 · Score: 4, Funny

Soon Slashdot will have a computer that finds and posts Oblig XKCD comics.
Re:Cage Matches! by NatasRevol · 2012-03-20 07:12 · Score: 2, Funny

Shut up or I'll take your middle school sic fi books away from you!

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