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Blockade Chess Cheaters:
Comments
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Thu, 21 Dec 2006
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My Response to Readers' Comments
In the process of updating the site to add
coverage of the "Chess Cheating Town Meeting"
earlier this month, I am belatedly catching up
with the comments posted to the preceding (July
2006) entry.-------------------------------------
The idea of having all entrants sign a statement
agreeing to various security measures --
suggested
by Louis Blair in a comment below -- was later
endorsed by attorney Nelson Farber in his "Town
Meeting" panel remarks.--------------------
Regarding bathroom breaks, in public tournaments
they are overshadowed as a potential cheating
tool, by the possibility of hidden communication
devices that a cheater could use without getting
up from his board. This obviously contrasts with
the situation in World Championship matches,
where each side has some control over its own
rest area and bathroom. New rules announced for
the 2007 World Open and three other major
Continental Chess Association tournaments will
prohibit players from leaving the tournament hall
without permission (I presume that bathrooms will
always be situated inside the playing hall).
This should help address any concern about
cheating in bathrooms; although the subject of
monitoring the bathrooms did not come up at the
Town Meeting.-------------------------------------
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Finally, Robert Moody is simply wrong in his
comment that GM Ilya Smirin was never rated
2800.
See http://www.uschess.org/msa/MbrDtlT
nmtHst.php?
12544869 . It shows that Smirin was at
exactly
2800 coming into the 2006 World Open, and was
consistently between 2798 and 2816 over the
preceding 4 years (during which he played in 3
previous World Opens, 3 Foxwoods Opens, and the
HB Global Chess Challenge). Of course this
refers to his USCF ratings, not FIDE ratings,
which may be the source of Mr. Moody's confusion.
Posted 00:08
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Indifference of USCF
Only very recently did I read of and about the
chess cheating town meeting.
First, I urge that the petition be opened to all
chess players to demonstrate to the Executive
Board and the Executive Director the support this
issue has within and among USCF membership.
Second, the non-response of USCF is endemic of
the current USCF administration concerning
matters of urgency (e.g.; delayed ratings of
postal chess).
Third, TD's at all levels need to have an
explicit code of conduct in dealing with
cheaters. Additionally, USCF should "audit" TD's
at all levels to grade their respective
performance. Too frequently in my infrequent
tournament participation have I experienced
master-level players conducting conversations in
the tournament hall while games are concurrently
being conducted.
Finally, cell phones should never be allowed in a
tournament hall. I'm sick and tired of mere
warnings or a loss of time on the clock for the
first violation.
In closing, I agree with Dr. Kopec. We live in a
culture nurtured on technological dependence.
This in turn exemplifies the pathetic state of de-
evolution in supposed human progress.
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