The swizzle

I just read a small amount about this on another site, and wondered if this works or how do you counter it? The basic premise is that you will play your oppenents moves against him by playing two simultanous boards as white and black, so if he playes e4 you play e4 and whatever reponse he puts on one board you put in the other and vice versa. So even if he checkmates you on one board, the same move checkmates him on the other board.

I worked this over with real boards even, and it seems impossible to break the symmetry. Do people just not ever play double games? I know on schemingmind for example, you CAN play the same guy twice at the same time esspecialy in some tournament modes.

Really interested in more info on this, if you have it

Here is a game that demonstrates symmetry in chess never works properly:

Grakovsky, I take it you DO know what the original poster is talking about, that replicating moves in a second simultaneous game results in an even score?

I suppose it would work, but I dont see the point in it.  I'd rather lose my own game than win because I did exactly what someone else was doing.  Plus I would think your opponent would notice and take some sort of action.

Wow good game gravosky!

KIESH2

I think that this came up in a tournament on this site and Erik said it was cheating.

When Grandmasters play more than one game at the same time they always play white on every board so they can't be copied. On this site it wouldn't be possible if the games had different time limits as the victim could quickly play the game on the shorter time limit and find out what you were going to do, then change it in the other game.

Thanks for the replies