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  • #16
    Re: Internet Chess

    Originally posted by Gary Ruben View Post
    I've noticed there has been a large increase in GM's and IM's in over the board after Fritz&bro became strong enough. When I was a junior there were ZERO over the board GM's in Canada.
    The OTB Olympic team is still not ALL-GMs ;)

    I think what happened is the ratings became inflated and the criteria for attaining the title did not increase to match the ratings.
    One more thing contributed: ~1989 boarders were opened for many pro-Soviet countries. (Kramnik and Gelfand made GMs without being IMs).

    If winning a title was as simple as you suggest I would have made GM, but I did not.
    I'm not questioning why you are not the GM.
    I heard many CC players gave up with the CC ~1993-5 when PCs became widely available.

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    • #17
      Re: Internet Chess

      Originally posted by Egidijus Zeromskis View Post
      The OTB Olympic team is still not ALL-GMs ;)
      You didn't limit your question to Canada. In Canada the number of OTB GM and IM titles has increased since Fritz&bro became strong enough. I just don't think it's for that reason.

      Regarding the team, under the current rules it's the team I expected but I would have set the board order differently. In a few months I'll have an idea if I am right.

      I won't be donating to the Olympic team because I mailed a cheque to the CCCA.

      Originally posted by Egidijus Zeromskis View Post
      One more thing contributed: ~1989 boarders were opened for many pro-Soviet countries. (Kramnik and Gelfand made GMs without being IMs).
      I spent the cold war playing correspondence chess against players in east European countries. I might even have been the first Canadian to make the semi-final of the correspondence World Cup. That was before the computers were very strong.



      Originally posted by Egidijus Zeromskis View Post
      I'm not questioning why you are not the GM.
      I heard many CC players gave up with the CC ~1993-5 when PCs became widely available.
      I heard the same thing. I also hear many over the board players gave up chess in those years.

      Probably if I started a topic on ipad/ipod apps it would have more interest than climate change.
      Gary Ruben
      CC - IA and SIM

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      • #18
        Re: Internet Chess

        Originally posted by Gary Ruben View Post
        Probably if I started a topic on ipad/ipod apps
        If you'll include the Android family, I might contribute :)
        Though somebody has already asked about chess apps.

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        • #19
          Re: Internet Chess

          Originally posted by Egidijus Zeromskis View Post
          If you'll include the Android family, I might contribute :)
          Though somebody has already asked about chess apps.
          I thought most of those who write for Apple products also write for Android. I have 5 or 6 chess apps but haven't tried a few of them yet. I like the scrabble app. With apps I live in the world of free. There are a lot of free apps I like.

          How can chess compete with such wonderful toys?
          Gary Ruben
          CC - IA and SIM

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          • #20
            Re: Internet Chess

            Well, I'm glad to see a discussion about this.
            Recently, I was made aware that events had been submitted to the CFC for rating where the games had actually been played over the internet. The time controls were typical CFC time controls. The organizers did not identify the events as internet events and the CFC office rated the games.
            When I investigated, I discovered that the games were not supervised by a TD or witness. Furthermore, I could not find a policy anywhere in the CFC Handbook regarding internet chess so I set out to develop one.
            I worked with Vlad Rekhson, who expressed an interest in this and we presented a motion at last week's governors meeting that would not allow internet games between CFC members to be played without strict TD supervision and stringent reporting requirements. The motion passed. I was unaware of any jurisdiction over internet games between CFC members by the CCCA. However, I will be most happy to work with the CCCA in this matter and I have offered to have a discussion with the CCCA President.
            Paul Leblanc
            Treasurer Chess Foundation of Canada

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            • #21
              Re: Correspondence/Internet Chess...

              Originally posted by J. Ken MacDonald View Post
              Are some getting their shorts in a knot without a good reason?

              They are not the same thing.

              CC is measured in calendar days (albeit played via e-mail or server) and internet chess (OTB style) in clock time. CC allows books, computers and other research while "OTB" internet chess does not as far as I know.

              It is difficult to believe that the CFC wants to rate the games that take weeks or months to complete. I would bet that they only meant to rate OTB style internet chess.

              Can anyone elucidate?
              The idea was to set some guidelines for games that are played over the internet and then submitted for regular CFC rating. The main requirement is for a TD to be present in both locations to avoid any questions of cheating. I think this is a precursor to setting up team play over the internet as the requirements for TDs to be present at multiple locations does not make much sense in any other context.

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              • #22
                Re: Internet Chess

                Originally posted by Paul Leblanc View Post

                Recently, I was made aware that events had been submitted to the CFC for rating where the games had actually been played over the internet. The time controls were typical CFC time controls. The organizers did not identify the events as internet events and the CFC office rated the games.
                When I investigated, I discovered that the games were not supervised by a TD or witness.
                I've had over the board games submitted for placings and ratings in events. It was postal games which came back completed so quickly I wrote and asked the players. An admission was received. It didn't happen often but it did happen.

                In email chess I've played off 6 to 10 moves with an opponent in an evening. Could have played the entire game if he's have continued. This is correspondence chess and not much different than internet chess.

                On the ICCF server I've played off several moves with an opponent who was playing quickly. There is nothing in the rules which prohibits players from spending the day at the server making moves and waiting for a reply. The server will send a notification of a move but you can see the move even before the notification comes and reply to the move. Does that make it over the board?

                Regarding your working it out with the CCCA, I haven't involved myself in Canadian correspondence chess politics in decades and I'm certain most people in the know would confirm this. So I couldn't possibly comment on the discussions you mention.
                Gary Ruben
                CC - IA and SIM

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                • #23
                  Re: Internet Chess

                  Originally posted by Gary Ruben View Post
                  I've had over the board games submitted for placings and ratings in events. It was postal games which came back completed so quickly I wrote and asked the players. An admission was received. It didn't happen often but it did happen.

                  In email chess I've played off 6 to 10 moves with an opponent in an evening. Could have played the entire game if he's have continued. This is correspondence chess and not much different than internet chess.

                  On the ICCF server I've played off several moves with an opponent who was playing quickly. There is nothing in the rules which prohibits players from spending the day at the server making moves and waiting for a reply. The server will send a notification of a move but you can see the move even before the notification comes and reply to the move. Does that make it over the board?

                  Regarding your working it out with the CCCA, I haven't involved myself in Canadian correspondence chess politics in decades and I'm certain most people in the know would confirm this. So I couldn't possibly comment on the discussions you mention.
                  Paul (and everyone?) is talking about games played via the Internet with standard time controls!
                  This is important to this whole discussion... not any other variants (playing against a server etc)

                  In other words, two players playing OTB except that the Internet is used to relay the moves to each end (much like the old-time telegraph matches!).

                  Arbiters at each end ensure there is no cheating (consulting with books, other players etc - just as there is in a regular tournament). The only possible slight adjustment might be to accommodate whatever (tiny) lag there might be in delivering a move to the other side (one presumes that lag would be almost trivial, but I suppose a few extra minutes in the time controls might suffice).
                  ...Mike Pence: the Lord of the fly.

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                  • #24
                    Re: Internet Chess

                    From what I'm reading it's difficult to control cheating in over the board events. Why would anyone assume it can be controlled with internet games?

                    The way I see it, this is a discussion over what the CFC ratings will reflect. Anyone can run correspondence games. It's a free country, more or less, depending on your view of climate change. :) The question is if it's better to integrate it into an existing system or have a rating system for internet games.

                    Possibly the idea is to try to tap into the obscene amount of money in correspondence chess.
                    Gary Ruben
                    CC - IA and SIM

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