old nick vs young nic

Suspiciously joined on the same day... you can see the game in the "recent checkmates" section which appears when you start up the site.... someone trying to boost their rating by playing themselves ...

Originally posted by ptobler
Suspiciously joined on the same day... you can see the game in the "recent checkmates" section which appears when you start up the site.... someone trying to boost their rating by playing themselves ...

Not in my wildest dreams would I imagine such a thing!!!! 😲

Maybe I should give them the benefit of the doubt - maybe they are friends that joined on the same day...

Originally posted by ptobler
Maybe I should give them the benefit of the doubt - maybe they are friends that joined on the same day...

Or a father-son team, of similar strength, who find it convenient to make their moves on this site. If you check back on any of the games, they play out the whole games - 30 or 40 moves or more - and they win around the same number of games.

Sometimes paranoia is just that, and they're NOT actually out to get you!