| General Chess Discussion - Are we sure we have the right people in the board of director of FIDE to combat cheating in chess?#22 One way to avoid banditism is to limit the cash prizes of non rated players to zero or to the same amount of the enrollment fee. They would have no incentive to play as there wood be nothing to win. I… | ldmscacchi |
| General Chess Discussion - Are we sure we have the right people in the board of director of FIDE to combat cheating in chess?#19 @bufferunderrun said in #18: > That's incorrect. > > handbook.fide.com/chapter/B022022 > > In any case... > > handbook.fide.com/chapter/D0404 > > They were unrated, so perfectly qualify to play in thi… | ldmscacchi |
| General Chess Discussion - Are we sure we have the right people in the board of director of FIDE to combat cheating in chess?#17 @sheckley666 said in #16: > There is no FIDE rating of zero. Zero means: No rating at all. > The tournament were his only rated games so far, and therefore his tournament performance is now his first … | ldmscacchi |
| General Chess Discussion - Are we sure we have the right people in the board of director of FIDE to combat cheating in chess?#15 @sheckley666 said in #14: > So his tournament performance was 1660, and he played in the U1700 section. What a scandal! No. He has NOW a rating of 1660 because he played in the U1700. He is much stron… | ldmscacchi |
| General Chess Discussion - Are we sure we have the right people in the board of director of FIDE to combat cheating in chess?#13 @bufferunderrun said in #11: > They have no standard rating within their national rating system as well. If you are unrated, you are unrated. > I once played a CM level player who had a blitz rating o… | ldmscacchi |
| General Chess Discussion - Are we sure we have the right people in the board of director of FIDE to combat cheating in chess?#12 @kaotic99 said in #3: > His ratings are std 1660, rapid 1962, blitz 1916 so it should be fine no? Not really. 1660 is the current rating. He entered the competition at zero rating. | ldmscacchi |
| General Chess Discussion - Are we sure we have the right people in the board of director of FIDE to combat cheating in chess?#10 Do you really believe that at that age, in that position at FIDE, coming from Russia and being more than 1900 in rapid and blitz he never played a standard rated game before within a national federati… | ldmscacchi |
| General Chess Discussion - Are we sure we have the right people in the board of director of FIDE to combat cheating in chess?#2 He arrived second, behind another zero rated! The section was U1700 | ldmscacchi |
| General Chess Discussion - Are we sure we have the right people in the board of director of FIDE to combat cheating in chess?#1 Hello, I have recently played in Malta in the lowest section of the 2022 FIDE World Amateur Championship. There have been a few cases of banditism (i.e. strong players hiding their real high rating to… | ldmscacchi |