06-09-2011, 08:33 AM
Personally I know of a specific individual who played my brother last season and 'cheated' at a congress by deliberately picking up a piece placing it down on the board took his hand off the piece to press the clock realising it was going to be taken he then picked the piece back up and moved it elsewhere.
Fair play is something we like to preach but in practice if someone cheats you, the arbiter asks for witnesses and if the boards to your left and right are empty - good luck! Its a farce, In my 12 years playing chess on and off that has never happened to me. If it did and my opponent didn't admit it the board would have been flipped over by me. Why would an adult cheat a 13 year old boy? :\
The case for video evidence in chess anyone? :U
Fair play is something we like to preach but in practice if someone cheats you, the arbiter asks for witnesses and if the boards to your left and right are empty - good luck! Its a farce, In my 12 years playing chess on and off that has never happened to me. If it did and my opponent didn't admit it the board would have been flipped over by me. Why would an adult cheat a 13 year old boy? :\
The case for video evidence in chess anyone? :U
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