I don't see what the big deal is, if the persons true strength is higher then the 1200 starting then it should not be difficult for them to get to there accurate level by playing, I for one am happy to start at 1200 and work my way up
This. While it may be annoying in the beginning, anyone truly worth more than 1200 should be able to play up to their true strength without too much trouble.
Cheating is nowhere near as common at that level as people seem to complain. Any cheater still rated 1200 or so is a really, really, really bad cheater. Half the complaints online I see about cheating are some form of "I am better than that guy so he clearly cheated" or "this guy's skill level suddenly increased/decrease between this move/game and this move/game!!!!!!111DETECTIVEBANHAMMER"
hahaha very true. It is a natural human tendency to attempt to find the blame in others before letting our precious delicate ego be hurt with the reality that actually we didn't play that well, and maybe we have work to do. Cheating isn't as common in live chess and even if you do suspect your opponent you will likely be able to flag them or get them to play like an 800 under time trouble anyway.
(BUT if we are talking about daily chess, and specifically daily chess tournaments, well they are nearly unplayable at the moment, no point in watching the computer chess championships just go observe the final round of a daily chess tournament hahahaha)
Yeah, most claims of cheating are because their opponent found a simple 1-2 move tactic, and they feel like that's unfair (or somehow they think it's really amazing).
When I was new to chess, I played this old computer program my dad had. I remember being in total shock that it had seen through my super-genius trap... looking back the computer preformed a simple tactic called a skewer