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June 04, 2008What do they think about cheating?Two years ago I wrote an article for the Greek Chess Magazine “Skaki gia aolous” (Chess for all) regarding Internet chess. You can find it (in Greek of course) in #22 of September 2006. One of the addressed issues was “Cheating”. Our FM Sotiris Logothetis and his wife IM Yelena Dembo sent a questionnaire to many chess players around the world as well as chess officials. Here is a collection of answers regarding cheating. GM Ernesto Inarkiev (Russia) GM Yannick Pelletier (Switzerland) GM Rustem Dautov (Germany) GM Alik Gershon (Israel) GM Alexander Baburin (Ireland) GM Zoltán Gyimesi (Hungary) IM Jovanka Houska (England) WGM Anna Burtasova (Russia) WGM Viktoria Bashkite (Estonia) WIM Anna Rudolf, (Hungary) FM Aviv Friedman (Israel) Nagy Laszló (FIDE International chess organizer from Hungary) Ali Nihat Yazici (President of Turkish Chess Federation) This article is not available for comments anymore as it has become a target for spam comments.
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I don't think it happens as often as people think. I have always assumed I was outplayed. What really upsets me is several times I have come up with what I considered great plays to have my opponent accuse me of cheating. I think we use that charge to cover our own failings. Posted by: Roscoe McPherren at June 5, 2008 03:08 AMWhen you make as many blunders as I do, I doubt anyone could imagine that I had help. Honestly, I've never felt that my opponents cheated either. There really isn't any point to cheating on Playchess, at least at the levels I'm playing at. Posted by: Gary Olson at June 7, 2008 08:28 PMpeople who cheat are only fooling themselves Posted by: finnt at June 11, 2008 12:08 PM |
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