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Deranged

Jan 12, 2021

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#21

llama47 wrote:

Deranged wrote:

How long would it take to scan through the games of the top 10 players to make sure no cheating, sandbagging or poor sportsmanship occured?

If you spend 20 mins per player that's only 3-4 hours of work.

I'd be willing to put in the work myself as a volunteer, just to keep these tournaments running.

Here's one of the most comical ones. Top 7 were banned

https://www.chess.com/tournament/live/arena/saturday-blitz-marathon--to-top-three-178307

So they do check.

LOL that's insane.

Fork_master

Nov 20, 2021

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#22

Deranged wrote:

How long would it take to scan through the games of the top 10 players to make sure no cheating, sandbagging or poor sportsmanship occured?

If you spend 20 mins per player that's only 3-4 hours of work.

I'd be willing to put in the work myself as a volunteer, just to keep these tournaments running.

no at most you would need a minute or two to spot a sandbagger, plus you are only concerned with the ones that are actually at the top of the tournament and those who actually win, that's just 3 or so guys that u should be checking, the whole thing wouldn't take me 10 mins,

I spectate tournaments a lot and it doesn't take me 20 sec to spot a sandbagger, am using a laptop

aviation18

Nov 20, 2021

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#23

I'd assume the prize was taken away because of the sheer amount of cheaters.

https://www.chess.com/tournament/live/arena/saturday-blitz-marathon--to-top-three-178335

Out of the top 25 shown above, 8 have had their accounts closed for Abuse/Fair play

aviation18

Nov 20, 2021

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#24

7158 players took part. If we take that the probability of encountering a cheater is 8/25, we can see that 32% of people approximately playing are cheating. 2290 out of the 7158 who played were assumed to be cheating then. That's no joke.

binomine

Nov 20, 2021

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#25

aviation18 wrote:

7158 players took part. If we take that the probability of encountering a cheater is 8/25, we can see that 32% of people approximately playing are cheating. 2290 out of the 7158 who played were assumed to be cheating then. That's no joke.

That's a silly assumption, who would cheat themselves a losing position in the tournament?

It's likely that almost all the cheaters are in the top positions.

Martin_Stahl

Nov 20, 2021

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#26

Since this has turned into a cheating discussion, which is not allowed in the general forums, locking.