07-02-2013, 05:54 PM
Adam Bremner Wrote:In the case of the now famous Mr Ivanov, I was pretty sure he was cheating, but not enough to condemn the man. The phrase "beyond reasonable doubt" springs to mind, and sometimes people can just streak huge runs in agreement with a machine. For example, I had a league game recently where my 1800 opponent played a near perfect game, and obviously there is nothing dodgy there, it just occasionally happens that people can play like that.
I remember that game, your opponent did play pretty well. Two things though,
1- the position was relatively simple, making moves easier to find and
2- perfect isn't a good word there: you mean the moves the computer thinks are the best. Again, the position was simple and the computer can't show it's full strength. I'd like to think if I played a "perfect" game against most people, I'd win...