Comments on: Spurious Cheating Charge Against Chess Child http://paulhoffman.wordpress.com/2007/10/29/spurious-cheating-charge-against-chess-child/ Paul Hoffman on words, chess, food, science, and everything else that's big fun. An exploration of ideas in my book King's Gambit: A Son, a Father, and the World's Most Dangerous Game. Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:07:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: ngb http://paulhoffman.wordpress.com/2007/10/29/spurious-cheating-charge-against-chess-child/#comment-891 ngb Sun, 18 Nov 2007 12:39:41 +0000 http://paulhoffman.wordpress.com/2007/10/29/spurious-cheating-charge-against-chess-child/#comment-891 paul, here in the philippines, cheating thru hand signals(coming from parents/coaches) is prevalent. plus we have the added game-fixing, e.g. giving away games to lower rated players for monetary gain, or fixing results to corner the bulk of the prize money(local tourneys). unfortunately here, most people don't believe it's happening, or they have closed their eyes and ears and pretend that everything's ok. i believe cheating is happening worldwide and unless we accept the fact that it is real, we cannot do something about it. i am sad because cheaters have tainted the royal game. ngb paul,

here in the philippines, cheating thru hand signals(coming from parents/coaches) is prevalent. plus we have the added game-fixing, e.g. giving away games to lower rated players for monetary gain, or fixing results to corner the bulk of the prize money(local tourneys).
unfortunately here, most people don’t believe it’s happening, or they have closed their eyes and ears and pretend that everything’s ok.
i believe cheating is happening worldwide and unless we accept the fact that it is real, we cannot do something about it.

i am sad because cheaters have tainted the royal game.

ngb

]]> By: paulhoffman http://paulhoffman.wordpress.com/2007/10/29/spurious-cheating-charge-against-chess-child/#comment-594 paulhoffman Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:36:19 +0000 http://paulhoffman.wordpress.com/2007/10/29/spurious-cheating-charge-against-chess-child/#comment-594 In the tournaments I enter, there are also many adults who visit the restroom w/mind-number frequency. In the tournaments I enter, there are also many adults who visit the restroom w/mind-number frequency.

]]> By: HagstromCondor http://paulhoffman.wordpress.com/2007/10/29/spurious-cheating-charge-against-chess-child/#comment-592 HagstromCondor Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:19:26 +0000 http://paulhoffman.wordpress.com/2007/10/29/spurious-cheating-charge-against-chess-child/#comment-592 re: "<i>... that champion Vladimir Kramnik was somehow cheating during his frequent trips to the restroom.</i>" I think there was a second 2006 Toiletgate, involving a lower-ranking player in the Philadelphia World Open. The frequency w/which this fellow "ascended the throne" similarly elicited suspicion, and a grandmaster not enrolled in the tournament discovered TheAccused's last 20+ moves to be an exact match to those Shredder© would have played. I don't recall the denouement. There are few children ages "<i>eight and below</i>" who do not visit the restroom w/mind-numbing frequency. re: “… that champion Vladimir Kramnik was somehow cheating during his frequent trips to the restroom.”

I think there was a second 2006 Toiletgate, involving a lower-ranking player in the Philadelphia World Open. The frequency w/which this fellow “ascended the throne” similarly elicited suspicion, and a grandmaster not enrolled in the tournament discovered TheAccused’s last 20+ moves to be an exact match to those Shredder© would have played.

I don’t recall the denouement.

There are few children ages “eight and below” who do not visit the restroom w/mind-numbing frequency.

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