After this game I was accused of cheating!

Nah, he can't spot skewers.

dont forget, this was still in the opening and allmost all the moves were bookmoves. what did you exept? that he just improvised the ruy lopez?:) oh pushing the knight back and skewering queen to gain material was also the computers first choice? who would have thought:O

One more thing which is important and you didn't post - what were your times at the end of the game? If you played very fast your opponent could think you used assistance. But by thinking long those moves are not so difficult to find.

20 minute time controls, I probably spent about 3-5 minutes and him about the same.

The bulk of both of our moves were memorized opening lines.

Inaccuracies mean that there are better choices, not necessarily a mistake. So if a player picks what would be a 3rd choice by a computer is an "inaccuracy", although 3rd choice is still good enough (to slowly build up advantages). I wasn't there so I am not accusing anyone of cheating.

My problem is that cheating do go on. Why? People tend to have less problem with it if they are not facing there opponent face to face; no consequence. It's not like they have to pay some sort of price for it, or get beat up. So they do it.

The way I see it: cheaters at chess are "losers" who have nothing better to do and no morals. Chess is a great sport for those who have great character, at least it should be. However, upon the creation of the internet(chess), those morals of the game were/are not pass down to those using it (internet chess); thus we have to deal with the consequences. It will never be rid off, which sucks. So I choose my opponents carefully. If I want to play against a computer or someone using a computer to tell them how to move, then I will buy a computer program and play against it.

To those that cheat, good luck; to those that do not, "Live long and prosper".

Leth - To answer your question in a more generic fashion, think of a skewer as the opposite of a pin (sort of). In a pin, the less-valuable piece is "pinned" because moving it would expose the more value piece behind it to attack. In other words, the less valuable piece protects the more valuable piece from attack.

A skewer is similar except the more valueable piece is in FRONT and the less valuable piece is behind it. In this game, the Queen is urged to step out of the line of attack, thereby exposing the less valuable Rook behind it.

Good game, BTW. I enjoyed stepping through that. Thanks for posting it.

Black made obvious blunders from move 19. .. a5

The whole idea of queen side push under two bishops with no light pieces to back it up was asking for it.

In my opinion the correct continuation for black was to trade rooks and play d5 after putting a knight on e5.

some people are such bad sports when they lose

Alexander, that explains why the computer analysis on this site rates several of my moves as inaccuracies.

Geez, he thought you cheated? As far as I can see, you didn't! I think he just wanted to make an excuse for losing.

 Inaccuaries do not constitute mistakes (or a bad move). Inaccuracies are just that, 2nd or 3rd choice by the computer: meaning that there is (1 or 2 other) a better move(s). A 2nd or 3rd move choice by a computer is more than enough to beat 1500 or maybe even up to 1700 level players. I am only guessing on the level of the player but I know I cannot beat a computer that is rated ~2000 strength; or even lower than that. So, inaccuracies are just that, inaccurate; nothing more.

On an average game, I will make ~5 inaccuracies, ~5 mistakes, and 1 to 2 blunders! --- win or lose (the computer on this site have shown me). Unfortunately for me, I only see the mistakes after the computer has pointed it out to me (however, at least I see it); I just wish I can see it during the game. Anyway...

If one has not cheated then one does not have anything to be ashamed of. Even the accusation of the entire community. If one has done nothing wrong, then what would he/she be afraid of. However, one knows when they have (cheated) and nothing they can do will change that fact: not even the support of the entire community.

the skewer was quite obvious,really.

Inaccuracies do in fact get classed as mistakes, usually positional ones, which if taken advantage off results in better play for ur opponent.

I suppose when it comes down to it, mistakes are only mistakes if ur opponent takes advantage of it.

I hate when honest improvement is seen as cheating :(