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Topic: Cheating (engine use)
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It does not matter to me at all if my opponents are using chess engines because it is in the very nature of chess sites, the anonimity of each member, that a lot of people will use them. So I do not know if, in my opinion, this is cheating. It is simply in the nature of Internet Correspondence Chess. I on the other hand am too lazy to work on my opening (my opening knowledge date from 20 to 15 years ago), I don't use databases, much less an engine. I am simply to lazy. I learn my openings and chess in general now from playing a lot blitz, mostly via the internet. I was really surprised several months ago, in one of my earlier games, that my opponent told me that: "if you are not using engine, then you are a very good player." (my game against Marcelo Araujo). I told him to look at my other games and see if he is justified in his accusations. I do not chess engines since I suspect that it will take me still more time than I am already devoting to chess, as I am playing in seven chess sites in all. Ah, the internet is simply heaven for me in terms of chess. I have not played for a long long time, and then I discovered these wonderful chess sites (queenalice is the best, of course) early last year and I never looked back. I am simply too glad to be playing chess once again, very many of them in fact, to be thinking of using engines. 
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Well put jnable. Since chess sites are pure entertainment, it's hard for me to understand ones motivation to cheat. Accumulating such a high rating narrows the playing field down to computer vs. computer, (in my opinion.) 
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I can tell when someone is cheating, they play like grandmasters, yet have ratings in the 1600.
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| RobertD wrote: I can tell when someone is cheating, they play like grandmasters, yet have ratings in the 1600. |
Anyone who's beating me seems like they're playing like a grandmaster. 
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This crap happens on every sight sometimes it's done to harass players psychologically and other times it's done for pure ego and childish reasons.
I just want to play against People not machines.
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