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Roryslosh168

After playing yet another poorly rated player(like me) who just waxed me playing like Kasparov. I reviewed the last bunch of games by said player and what did I discover? Roughly half their games they play like Magnus Carlsen the other half the village idiot. So what did I conclude its likely a bot among thousands on this site to force players to win or lose based on performance. 

Also, the fact that all these threads get immediately locked is shady as hell, if you've got nothing to hide then what's with the censorship?

llama47
Roryslosh168 wrote:

the fact that all these threads get immediately locked is shady as hell

Well, to be fair, usually when someone says "my opponent played like Kasparov" it's a noob who blundered a knight fork... but they're such a noob that forks are "advanced" to them so they complain about their opponent being too strong.

As for bots, online chess has been around for decades. Thousands of people have always played. There's no need for bots.

The chess rating system isn't a chess system at all. It's just math, and organizations other than chess have adopted it because math works... this means you're going to be paired against people who beat you about 50% of the time. Again, they don't need bots to do this.

And as for characterizing your opponent's bad games as "village idiot" and their good games as cheating, just think whether you apply the same standard to your own games... or are your bad games "I'll ignore that because I was tired or distracted" and your good games as "that's how good I actually am."

Lagomorph
Roryslosh168 wrote:

After playing yet another poorly rated player(like me) who just waxed me playing like Kasparov. I reviewed the last bunch of games by said player and what did I discover? Roughly half their games they play like Magnus Carlsen the other half the village idiot. So what did I conclude its likely a bot among thousands on this site to force players to win or lose based on performance. 

 

Also, the fact that all these threads get immediately locked is shady as hell, if you've got nothing to hide then what's with the censorship?

Maybe Kasparov with a hangover.

Martin_Stahl
Roryslosh168 wrote:

After playing yet another poorly rated player(like me) who just waxed me playing like Kasparov. I reviewed the last bunch of games by said player and what did I discover? Roughly half their games they play like Magnus Carlsen the other half the village idiot. So what did I conclude its likely a bot among thousands on this site to force players to win or lose based on performance. 

 

Also, the fact that all these threads get immediately locked is shady as hell, if you've got nothing to hide then what's with the censorship?

 

The site doesn't use bots in the random pools. The reason the site doesn't allow discussions of cheating or potential cheating in the main forums is that it isn't productive and most people use it to accuse people, even when no cheating is going on.

 

If you feel an opponent is using unfair assistance, report them.

 

https://support.chess.com/article/209-how-do-i-report-someone

 

If you want to discuss the issue, join the following club.

https://www.chess.com/club/cheating-forum

 

For information on site closures each month, check out:

https://www.chess.com/article/view/chess-com-month-in-review-january-2021

 

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