Originally posted by DiophantusWell said. I played a few games there, and decided that playing trash-talking teenagers was a waste of my time. I can at least say that I don't think any of the ones I played were cheating, because they played too poorly!
Even so, I'll not be rushing to play there again until someone devises a way to measure the testosterone levels of internet teens and then gags those found to have a level above a certain threshold.[/b]
I like playing with adults here- and the teenagers I've played here conduct themselves like adults, as I have only learned their ages by their profiles, not their actions.
I see benefits of using both chess.com & RHP - hence I've been a subscriber to both simultaneously.
The owner of chess.com has said previously that he wants to attract plenty of titled players into CC.
Titled players get free premium membership upon proof of ID (digital image of official document, image of FIDE certificate & so on) and the frankly laughable situation of a bunch of no-names festering at the top of the highest rated player lists must surely be at odds with the ethos.
Originally posted by ZygalskiI notice that chess.com has plenty of posh names on the books but few of them actually play regularly. Suppose ten GMs join RHP but then hardly ever play. How many do you think will appear in the top ten? It's not just about ability and OTB rating, it's also about how often they play and how seriously they take the games. I think Mr. chess.com needs to prod his tame masters into playing occasionally.
I see benefits of using both chess.com & RHP - hence I've been a subscriber to both simultaneously.
The owner of chess.com has said previously that he wants to attract plenty of titled players into CC.
Titled players get free premium membership upon proof of ID (digital image of official document, image of FIDE certificate & so on) and the frankly lau ...[text shortened]... s festering at the top of the highest rated player lists must surely be at odds with the ethos.
Originally posted by ZygalskiOh I'm not complaining about removal of engine users or how many active titled players there are, I am just pointing out that suggesting the guys at the top of the table must be dodgy because they are higher up than GM Playsnogames is faulty logic.
Who'd want to be Mr. chess.com, eh?
Slammed for not having many active titled players, then when action is taken to remove hundreds of blatant engine users, slammed for that too! 😉