29-10-2020, 05:48 PM
(29-10-2020, 12:42 PM)harrymarron Wrote:(28-10-2020, 06:17 PM)George Neave Wrote: Personally I don't know why anyone would play online chess at amateur level other than blitz and there, generally, not to be taken too seriously. It's clear playing longer time controls is completely open for cheating and, therefore, completely pointless as far as I can see.
You should ask the 150+ kids and their parents who are regularly playing competitive, CS allegro graded games. The games are all screened for cheating and no-one seems to have a problem!
Far from being pointless these tournaments are providing a stimulus for kids to continue practising and playing in the present void. The sense of achievement gained from competing and winning does not seem to me to have lessened any.
Or even the 1,000 odd players I am interacting with in 4NCL/J4NCL and 4NCL Congress every week. They seem to be taking it very seriously. They even expect their games to be graded. How novel...
"How sad to see, what used to be, a model of decorum and tranquility become like any other sport, a battleground for rival ideologies to slug it out with glee"