i doubt many of the things they use to catch cheaters involve hanging pieces. i am sure you will be fine.
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I appreciate your insight, and hope to hear confirmation from site staff.
sftac
May I hear from site staff on this topic? I'd dislike being kicked for cheating.
sftac
Perhaps staff are busy?
stfac
Jul 19, 2011
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sftac wrote:
Perhaps staff are busy?
stfac
maybe you shoud contact them directly through help and support.
planeden wrote:
sftac wrote:
Perhaps staff are busy?
stfac
maybe you shoud contact them directly through help and support.
Heh! This is Help and Support.
sftac
I don't see how this is cheating even if it's rated....It's your own choice isn't it?
Jul 19, 2011
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Skwerly wrote:
it is frowned upon, however; that's how players sandbag.
in an unrated game though, it seems to be a perfectly valid way to create odds.
oniquarki and i are playing with his idea of giving odds by making one pawn uncaprturable until it promotes. quarki beat me when i couldn't capture, truly shocking since a 1500ish is giving an advantage to an 1800ish. it definately does provdie an advantage, though. i think i could have gotten out of my perdicament without it. of course, i am sure i could have found other predicaments to fall into later.
we are still in the game with my immortal pawn. so not sure how that one will work out.
[for 'Live Chess'] This site lacks a means of playing "odds chess".
So long as the games are unrated, is there any concern (about cheating) when a player purposefully drops material to level the playing field with a weaker player, so that the game results are roughly even?
sftac