Unethical chess players - a discussion
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bollingerr
Aug 8, 2022
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#41
Every game/sport has cheaters… and players that are just better than you.
Aug 8, 2022
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#42
Cowards, all of you!
Sorry, wrong topic. They all look the same now somehow. We need more generic insults...
Aug 8, 2022
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#43
HiramHolliday wrote:
This is a joke.🤣
If it were a joke, it would be funny.
It's not funny. It's just a massive waste of time.
Aug 8, 2022
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#44
PatrickHockstetter wrote:
A few of the replies seem to think that memorising opening traps is a valid way of playing. You don't seem to realise the mathematics of improving your rating on here.
Let's say I (rated 1400) play 10 games against 10 different players rated 1400. Five of those players are players like me, who are just learning to play chess tactically. Against those five, I have a 50% chance of winning and a 50% chance of losing.
The other 5 players have each learned one different opening trap each. Now, versus each opening trap I should have a decent chance of playing, if I understand tactics. But these players are not playing at 1400 level, because each of them has memorised their opening perfectly. In effect, they're playing at 1900-2000 level because of their opening knowledge.
My chance of winning against these 5 players is no more than 20% per game. So out of 10 games, I win 2.5/5 plus 1/5 = 3.5/10 games, despite the fact that I am playing at 1400 level against fellow 1400 players. The players who have memorised a single opening have a massive, massive advantage.
You're losing to people better than you and complaining? If they've learned a single opening what happens when they get the other color on openings?
Aug 8, 2022
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#45
That's just reinforced by your opponent, in a losing position, trying to force draw, and you breaking draw somehow leads to you losing.
Sergey_Selyutin wrote:
You never ever ask for takebacks. The very idea of them is disgusting. If you make a mistake you thank your opponent for the game and give up. It is as simple as that.
A lost game is really better than a won game because it gives you an incentive to learn from your mistakes
I almost always accept takeback requests. Usually you can tell if it's mouse slip, an outright mistake, or miscalculation. If some asks for a takeback for any of those reasons I'll accept it. I have no interest in winning a game of chess if the opponent didn't play their best.
On the rare occasion someone is very low on time, in a horrible position, and ask for a takeback I'll refuse, because at that point it wont matter.
The way I see it, if someone is so invested and serious about a game of chess that they wont indulge takebacks that's someone who doesn't deserve to play against me. We would be playing for very different reasons.