Playing under the influence, accused of cheating

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Avatar of siegfried23

Just got accused of cheating by some 1900ish player. Not gonna name any names here. If you're interested, take a look at my recent games. Look up this game of mine where I had an accuracy of [removed-- MS], and my opponent has a picture [removed] for his profile pic.

Look, I get that he has good reason to be suspicious. For one thing. I played the opening and most of the middlegame pretty quickly (it's a position I know very well), and he's like 400 rating points higher than me. But come on, there's no law saying that a lowly 1500 can't beat a 1900 fair and square. Isn't chess supposed to be a meritocracy?

So what I do different in this game? Nothing really. Oh actually, there is something. I'm sitting in a bar drinking a beer while playing this game, relying mostly on pattern recognition and some basic calculation skills. Again, there's no law saying you can't play under the influence is there? If my experience is anything to go by, some moderate drinking might even improve your game.

What do I know?...

Avatar of Rooster-1992AIC

No public accusations.

Avatar of frankgeo257

Don't take it personal. I beat two 1600s recently over the board offline. They were 400 points over me. 1500 is pretty good. You're capable of playing well. No need to call the person out. Just let it slide.

Avatar of PenguinChocolate

Chess.com is not the place to promote drin*ing

Avatar of Puzzles

"Not gonna name any names"

1 sentence later

"If you wanna know who it is, look in my archive."

It's definitely not his literal last opponent who was a 1900 and he beat with 97 acuraccy right?

Avatar of Martin_Stahl

Please don't post about cheating accusations. If you're playing fairly, you have nothing to worry about but it doesn't help to post about it publicly.

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