you can challenge them to play correspondence where computers are allowed
and then you can beat them
case solved.
you too can improve your mystery solving skills by watching these videos:
Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-2PskuG_44
Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qx7dhz0IdlM
Chess Players Lie at Least as Often as Poker Players
And are Far More Ignorant Than People Realize
I commented back on page six (and made a few quick follow-ups on page 6 and 7) of this ridiculous, but highly revealing forum item. From the ensuing 269-270 pages of comments it's easy to see that Chess Players Lie at Least as Often as Poker Players and are Far More Ignorant Than People Realize. In my earlier comment, I showed that players insist that they're experts on the chess rule-book and chess history, but absolutely are not, for example: not realizing that chess rules change over time, they insist they know the truth-eternal about chess when they definitely do NOT, for example:
A1* Rules being standard all over the globe is a totally modern idea, the USCF, for example, did NOT "cow-tow" entirely to FIDE until about the late 1960's
1. The Queen did NOT exist until roughly 1440.
2. Free-rocade castling (especially shocking after 0-0-0) of the 1700 and early 1800's allowed the castling-rook to move to any empty square up to and including e1.
3. White always moving first up was not standard until the mid-1800's
4. Eliminating chess notation in old-fashioned descriptive wasn't a required tournament score-keeping change to universal (algebraic) notation until about a year after Fischer beat Spassky (1973).
5. As mentioned on page 6, early in the 20th Century, illegal moves were penalized by a forced legal move of the "cheaters" King, if possible. Intent was not important -- in fact, a not too UNcommon ploy where a shocking King move was the necessary first move to begin a tactical-gem was to
deliberately make an illegal move, then argue vociferously about your sleeve hitting a piece accidentally and thus lull your opponent into low-alertness.
6. The intent rule requiring a decision by the TD who probably did NOT see the event occur was, in my opinion, a bad rule change. Chess does NOT have on- site referees.
When it comes to lying, I'd say this Forum shows a very strong chess-player proclivity to create ridiculous statistics ON THE SPOT. As far as ignorance, the most obvious one is that apparently about 98% of players are firm that something called "The Law of Averages" exists . . . it does NOT. Probability is a mathematical science and the only law appropriate is THE LAW OF LARGE NUMBERS . . . anything that is possible will eventually happen. The rare cases virtually never do.
Have a nice day!
Bob