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How Do You Detect Cheating In Chess? Watch the Computer

Posted by timothy on from the and-one-and-two-and-one-and-two dept.

First time accepted submitter Shaterri writes "Which is more likely: that a low-ranked player could play through a high-level tournament at grandmaster level, or that they were getting undetected assistance from a computer? How about when that player is nearly strip-searched with no devices found? How about when their moves correlate too well with independent computer calculations? Ken Regan has a fascinating article on one of the most complex (potential) cheating cases to come along in recent memory."

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  1. Simply put.. by 3seas · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    If you win against a computer you are cheating

    1. Re:Simply put.. by 140Mandak262Jamuna · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      Great job, Sherlock. No one had figured out why most of the frist psots suck. Your powers of observation are great. You would make a killing working for H&R block with your amazing deductions.

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    2. Re:Simply put.. by HeckRuler · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      It made me question whether I really wanted to spend a lot of time getting better at something that attracted defective people to it.

      Welcome to Slashdot! But no, seriously, from all the geeks, fuck you. Please kindly go die in a fire. You weren't smart enough to be competitive at chess and you gave up. That's not that bad. Holding a grudge against the sour grapes and insulting grand masters is that bad. Stop it. And stop blaming computers for your own failings.

  2. relevant imgur link by flok · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I think the following link is highly relevant to this discussion: http://imgur.com/gallery/Qi3u2

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