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October 11, 2008The BanzayFish scandal - Scene III (The avatars of the tortoise)I borrowed the title after a short essay by the Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges about the Zeno’s paradox Achilles and the tortoise. Here in Playchess.de we observe a different kind of paradox that requires our attention. There are handles supposed to belong to strong female Dutch players who show a bad attitude against their opponents. Many years ago these handles belonged to different persons. So they say in their comments that accompany moves played. It is simple logic for me to conclude that some of their confessions are true, some are not, OR all of their confessions are lies. It is not logical to conclude that they always speak the truth. The truth is some times blinding. There are two methods to face a situation like this. Either one tries to figure out what is true and what is a lie, or believes (make-believe) what one likes as true. In other words “So it is (if you think so)” Così è (Se Vi Pare), Luigi Pirandello If the script is recited in chronological order then Scene III should not follow Scene II. I want to provide some answers following the Blindness test of the previous article. I do not give the links to all of the games, but all underlined text opens a new window with the games's history. Scene III You still play the leading role, you play chess in Playchess.de and you read your opponent’s comments. You make a detailed investigation in the games' history of the handles anne_t, BanzayFish and ZorMaster. anne_t This handle was created in March 2001 and joined an A class tournament. Its owner called herself Anne, preferred the French flag instead of the Dutch and gave a lot of information about herself to her opponents. BanzayFish This handle was created in October 2001. BanzayFish is a killer fish who attacks his opponent and does not care if he dies by this attack. Its owner didn’t like to chat but always replied politely. Here he says that he is “brandnew” in chess. You check the ranking lists of 2001 and discover that WIM Marta (the player that BanzayFish is supposed to be today) had ELO 2193. You quickly discover that this user’s name is Maarten and leaves in Delft or Oegstgeest or Tilburg, but he is a student in Delft University! Airplane constructions! ZorMaster This handle was created also in October 2001. The user’s name was also Anne. A final comment. There is another member who faced anne_t and suspected that he knows her with another chessname. Bravo PLUTARCO! With a handle like this you sure know all about Vitae Parallelae. Posted by Michalis Kaloumenos at October 11, 2008 12:03 AMComments
Interesting! So we have the following: 1: Evidence from many games showing that these players changed their names repeatedly in their profiles. 2: Thomas saying that all these players use the same IP, and moved at the same time (within minutes) 3: many, many instances of these players rudely accusing others of cheating. I don't know who these players are, but it sounds suspiciously like one very rude person to me. Okay, mystery solved, back to playing chess! Posted by: HFlew at October 11, 2008 01:15 AMBravo! Not surprising. I find most chess players are not rude people. I have never had any reason to believe that the Dutch are rude people. For so many (alleged) Dutch chessplayers to all exhibit this unusual characteristic always seemed odd to me, and I commented on it several times. Next question: Why is gambitfan such an avid defender of this person? It would be possible to say they were rude but correct, or justified. But he goes beyond that, and claims they were never rude in spite of the fact that they unquestionably were. Why comment that they were "attractive" as if that had any bearing whatsoever on the issues addressed? Just wondering. Posted by: Shurlok at October 11, 2008 04:23 AM
To Shurlok: I agree about your "next question". Why? What is te good explanation? Posted by: onzedu at October 11, 2008 10:23 AMI also am on my seat's edge, waiting for why. I have many times sent messages to cheaters; their reasons vary, running the gambit from evil to mistakes( i.e. can not read English is a good one). The one thing that I have noticed is that they are not normal. They almost universality feel they have a right to do what they did, and any one who beats them must cheat. Posted by: John Woodbury at October 11, 2008 02:48 PMYes, indeed, makes sense all over. The one pointing with his indexfinger into your face - pointing with three fingers straight back into his own... Good comment IRONMAIDEN I fully agree. There is no sure (100%) way to tell if someone is cheating in any ONE game. But sometimes they do not get bored. Posted by: John Woodbury at October 12, 2008 02:08 AMNow that we know that one guy is responsible for all this, do we know wo he is and can we take steps to that prevent that he will do it again on the internet? Confiscate his computer? What is his address? Posted by: Reinbo at October 15, 2008 10:01 PMVery thorough investigation and shame on the person(s), but why give a damn? Isn't the best way just to turn off comments and play on? Posted by: Göran Gudichsen at October 17, 2008 06:47 PM |
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