After chess, cheating rows rock poker and fishing

Re:After chess, cheating rows rock poker and fishing by gretch on Sunday October 02, 2022 @05:43PM (#33060594)

I see what you are saying and understand the point.

But there should be a balance somewhere.

Lance Armstrong cheated in cycling and won 7 championships. The fact that he came out as a cheater later absolutely demolished the integrity of the whole sport. And I feel really bad for anyone who competed honestly all that time with zero chance of getting anything done given that the field is rife is cheaters.

So that extreme is also pretty devastating and chess lovers done want chess to fall into that state either

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Re:After chess, cheating rows rock poker and fishing by jurassic on Sunday October 02, 2022 @06:36PM (#33061067)

Cheating in chess seems somehow worse than what Armstrong did. There could be a version of cycling where everybody dopes and it becomes a level playing field --- there's still strategy in the rides, they still suffer up the climbs, etc. Doped athletes are still incredible to watch.

But in chess if you're outsourcing decision-making to the algorithm... why even have human players at all?

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Re:After chess, cheating rows rock poker and fishing by Consultant32452 on Sunday October 02, 2022 @06:50PM (#33061211)

I'm amazed people still believe there's such a thing as "clean" professional sports. I assume everyone is doping.

I agree with your assessment about Armstrong vs outsourcing decision-making. It wouldn't surprise/bother me to find out chess players are taking ritalin or whatever to increase their focus, but using a computer is troublesome. That would be like Armstrong riding an electric bike.

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