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This versatile white porcelain dinnerware is grandly sized to accommodate hearty portions. The sturdy, substantial dishes were originally designed for use in fine restaurants, where chefs have praised their ability to showcase the colors and textures of various foods. To round out your collection, pieces are available in sets of four: 12" dinner plate; 9 1/2" salad plate; 10" soup plate; 11-oz. cup and 7" saucer; and 24-oz., 7" cereal bowl. They're made in France by Apilco, suppliers of top-quality porcelain to culinary professionals since 1906. Microwavable; freezer, oven and dishwasher safe. Sets of four.
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Zwilling J.A. Henckels Twin Signature 11-Piece Knife Block Set
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The Twin Signature collection combines excellent value with the legendary innovation and craftsmanship of Zwilling J.A. Henckels, German knife makers since 1731. These durable, entry-level knives feature blades stamped from high-carbon stainless steel. This 11-piece set offers an assortment of knives for outfitting a kitchen with all the cutlery essentials.
- Blades are stamped from a single piece of high-carbon stainless steel.
- Zwilling's patented Friodur ice-hardening technique results in a harder, sharper blade that is corrosion resistant and highly elastic.
- Precise lasers are used to ensure each blade's edge is at the optimal cutting angle for maximum sharpness.
- Edges are hand honed and finished for long-lasting sharpness.
- Smooth polymer handles are triple-riveted to the full-tang blade and ergonomically shaped for comfort.
- Knives made in Germany; bamboo block made in China.
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- 2 3/4" bird's beak (peeling).
- 4" paring knife.
- 4 1/2" vegetable utility knife.
- 5" utility knife.
- 6" slicing knife.
- 7" santoku.
- 8" chef's knife.
- 8" bread knife.
- 8" Twin L kitchen shears.
- 8 3/4" honing steel.
- 16 slot storage block.
Please note: Storage block is counted as an individual piece.
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- 2 3/4" bird's beak: 2 3/4"-long blade; 4 1/4" handle; 1.5 oz.
- 4" paring knife: 4"-long blade; 4 1/4" handle; 1.5 oz.
- 4 1/2" vegetable utility knife: 4 1/2"-long blade; 4 1/4" handle; 2 oz.
- 5" utility knife: 5"-long blade; 4 1/4" handle; 2 oz.
- 6" slicing knife: 6"-long blade; 5" handle; 4.5 oz.
- 7" santoku: 7"-long blade; 5" handle; 5.5 oz.
- 8" chef's knife: 8"-long blade; 5" handle; 7.25 oz.
- 8" bread knife: 8"-long blade; 5" handle; 5 oz.
- 8" Twin L kitchen shears: 8" long overall; 3.25 oz.
- 8 3/4" honing steel: 8 3/4"-long rod; 5" handle; 6 oz.
- 16 slot storage block: 10 1/2" x 4 1/4" x 8 1/2 high.
- 2 3/4" bird's beak: 2 3/4"-long blade; 4 1/4" handle; 1.5 oz.
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- Always use caution when handling sharp objects.
- Avoid cutting on hard surfaces such as stone, metal or glass.
- It is not advisable to use any knife but a meat cleaver to cut through bone, as other blades can be easily damaged.
- Hand-wash with warm water and a mild detergent. Rinse and dry immediately.
- Maintain the knife's cutting edge by regularly using a honing steel.
- Sharpen as needed. With regular use and honing, your knife should not need sharpening more than once or twice a year.
- Sharpen knife at home using a whetstone or knife sharpener, or consult a professional.
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After talking with BFS customer service and asking many questions I was very pleased with their helpfulness and time they took to help me make my purchase. I ordered the deluxe unit and when I open it it was already completely assembled ready to use (even the FM-2 meter was preprogramed). The included setup instructions were clear and easy to understand. If you are tired of buying water make the smart decision and purchase this product. Best RODI By Xiaan on 1/4/11 Xiaan would recommend this product to a friend I have been using this unit now for around 7 months and it is by far the best RODI unit I have had. best unit i've owned so far By Leo on 12/25/10 Leo would recommend this product to a friend this unit is hands down the best i have seen and used in many years. 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Cellar/Tasting Notes "The sensational 1995 Monte Bello will rival the great 1992 and 1991. It exhibits an opaque purple color, and fabulously ripe, flattering, sweet, jammy black-raspberry and cassis aromas intermingled with new oak, smoke, and earth. This fabulously-extracted, full-bodied, true, prodigious example of..
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Cellar/Tasting Notes "This wine continues a long-standing tradition, showing a mastery of the art of blending. It's made using grapes that are sourced from at least six vineyards scattered from Yountville to St. Helena. Right out of the bottle, it's a soft, smoothly tannic wine that's rich in blackberry jam,..
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Kyle and her husband moved to Brookfield in 1986. She became active in local politics and started blogging in 2004. Her focus is primarily on local issues but often includes state and national topics, too. Kyle looks at things from the taxpayers' perspective in a creative, yet down to earth way, addressing them from a practical point of view.
$50,000 for a one lane foot bridge but only $167,000 for an I-94 overpass. REALLY?
Our family just got back from 2 wonderful weeks in Yellowstone National Park. It is hard to come back to the real world, but re-enter I must: Calhoun Road widening is on the Common Council agenda tonight at 7:45pm.
A reader sent me this Freeman article, Contentious Calhoun Road project on Brookfield agenda tonight Alderman wants state to pay for all I-94 costs.
How about opting IN instead of OUT?
I too was outraged by the idea that 6th graders (and up) are to be taught about oral sex and that parents need not be upset by this because they can "opt out". Opting out, however, is never an easy process. The administration knows that and they are counting on you not doing it. (This type of curriculum is one of the many reasons parents choose private education or homeschooling.)
If you notice in the last paragraph on first page (I got this from Cindy Kilkenny's Brookfield City News), to opt out, you need to make a request in writing on a special form and you must fill out a form for each lesson. The exact date of the offensive classes are not known — they are only approximate. (The letter also stated that the curriculum would be available for parent review on the district web site. I could not find it...yet.)
Frankly, most of what is on the list of student outcomes are things I would rather be the source for than the school system. Do we really need to teach kids that some people vomit to lose weight? Notice that abstinence is not taught until grade 8. Shouldn't we be teaching that abstinence is one of the best ways to prevent disease, pregnancy, and poverty anytime reproduction is taught?
I also found it rather interesting that under Peer Pressure/Relationships (Grade 6), point #2 discusses "Impact of peer pressure". It is ironic that they are counting on peer pressure to keep your child enrolled in their program!
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If I was the parent of an Elmbrook school age child, I would contact every parent of my child's friends and join together to "opt out" en-mass. If your child has some friends opting out with him/her there will be little reason for them to feel they are unique. It will also make it known to the school district that you do not approve of this type of curriculum.
There are two schools of thought on this. The one most school districts take is that children will hear about all this anyway so they need to "teach" our children all about every aspect of human behavior: drugs, sex, smoking, drinking, self-destructive behaviors, etc.
The D.A.R.E. program would be a good example of this type of program in younger grades. Judging from the numbers of young people I see smoking and those I hear about underage/binge drinking and doing drugs, I would say that type of instruction does not work. Familiarizing children with forbidden subjects and topics does just that—makes them more familiar and less forbidden. Familiarization removes the taboo.
The other method of instruction is to teach a standard of acceptable behavior as based on absolute truth. For me, that is the biblical standard of Judeo/Christian values—the same values our Founding Fathers formed this nation on.
We have ratings for TV shows, movies (although PG-13 seems more these days like the former R), video games, and music. Parents try to monitor or filter the Internet. Seems a shame that after all these efforts our school system usurps the parents rights to protect their children from objectionable material by implementing subjects their children could not be exposed to in the public movie theater!
I favor the teaching the absolute truth and the moral principle that King David penned in the Bible: "I will set no base or wicked thing before my eyes." Psalm 101:3. That is pretty simple and I think is something most parents want. If some parents don't want those principles, then why not make them "opt IN" to Elmbrook's Human Growth and Development Program and leave the rest of us alone.
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As I mentioned in the Opt IN rather than OUT posting, I could not find the examination copies of the K-12 HG&D which were to be "available for parent review on the district web site in July." as mentioned in the July 1, 2007 Parental Information Letter. My curiosity is now awakened as to what they will all teach.


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Following the first public hearing on Sept. 23, the Ontario County Industrial Development Agency (IDA) voted to waive the sales and mortgage reporting taxes associated with construction of the building at 205 Lakeshore Drive. However, due to an error in posting notice of the hearing, a second hearing was required.
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Is cheating always newsworthy?
As various blogs have already reported, a 14-year-old chess player from Australia has been caught cheating while playing a game of chess. It immediately led to a debate among the ChessVibes editors: is it newsworthy?
At the current The Norths Chess Club Centenary Year Under 1600 Tournament, a side event to the Australian Open Championships in Sydney, yesterday a player was caught using what the arbiter called a "hand held machine" in the toilets. The game was declared lost and the boy was expelled from the tournament.
The 14-year old was using the program ChessMaster on a Playstation Portable, and that was probably the reason why the moves were not particularly strong:
It's the first example of a chess player getting caught while using an electronic device in Australia, and so it quickly became a big story in the relatively small Australian chess community. It was mentioned at The Closet Grandmaster (who posted the game notation given above), Lousy@Chess and chessexpress and is being discussed at Chess Chat Australia. However, we have to admit that here at the ChessVibes office we're not 100% sure what to do with it.
When in November 2007 a Dutch player was banned for two and a half years after after he got caught with a PDA during a game, in an official national league, it was not a question: we had to publish the story. But in a column by Arne, published two years ago, we've already expressed our doubts surrounding the subject of cheating in chess - the article's title was "Moral decay or exaggerated hype?"
Normally we would never write about some local under-1600 tournament and one could argue that the case can be compared to petty theft; a small violation that's simply... not interesting. Besides, shouldn't we protect the kid, who made a silly mistake - something we've all done at that age?
But wait, isn't using external electronical assistance enough reason to publish such a story? Isn't it against our complete set of beliefs, against the essence of the game, to give yourself the opportunity to find the strongest move in a position with (almost) absolute certainty?
But then again... don't we all cheat every once in a while? There's not a chess player who has never talked to his team mates during a game, giving a friend a quick advice like "it's always better to wait with that Qb6+ in such positions" or "don't worry, just bring your king to the center and you'll be fine". [Update: this part has led to quite a discussion below. I've explained it a bit.] Where to draw the line?
What makes an article newsworthy depends on timing, significance, proximity, prominence and human interest. In this case, the news is very fresh, but obviously that's not enough. We've already questioned its significance and prominence above, and for anybody except our Australian readers, proximity won't do here either!
So in the end the article you're currently reading at ChessVibes should be categorized as a human interest story - it "appeals to emotion". It "aims to evoke responses such as amusement or sadness."
Yet still we wonder... was the story newsworthy? What do you think?
The nature of cheating that recently happened in Australia is common in that type of a tournament these times especially that portable electronic and/or IT devices for chess analysis are readily accessible to chess players. But that is just one form of cheating in competitive chess. The other one is game fixing. Both are ill-mannered ways of playing the royal game of chess. It must be admitted that in reality there are lots of chess players who do not want to play the game in the most honest way possible. Certainly, none of them had succeeded to progressively improve their games in competitions. In fact, they remained as mediocre players as they were.
5 years 3 months ago
I think players should be sitted at the table for the whole game, and not be allowed to wander around. If you play then play. And that includes the visits to the toilets. OK with classical time controls the players should be allowed to leave the table3 or 4 times to get to the toilets but for all games that last less than 30 minutes per player the players should be sitted all the time. You can go to the toilet before or after the game, without any problem.
5 years 3 months ago
no. this website wouldnt be very good if you made posts with all smallish news that happened all over the world. it would just get swamped. and it is not that interesting nor sensational anyway. maybe you could do it if there is some special point with it, or if its a research article like "this and that many players got caught cheating here and there 2008". that would also avoid simply hanging some local teenager, which is nice, especially since this kind of news usually either dont become much news at all, or becomes copy-and-paste news allover the internet (and newspapers) because most news today are copied from other sources, and the places it shows up on increases almost exponentially. Chessvibes usually isnt a "news-echo", keep it that way! :-)
Richard DeCredico
5 years 3 months ago
No, we all have not cheated once in a while. Some of us have integrity.
5 years 3 months ago
Strange story, who checked the toilet-visitsof black? Was he already suspect?
Technically it´s "just" a violation of the rules. Usually this is only news when it concerns topplayers.
Be late at the Dresden-olympiad wasn´t big news, no topplayers were involved.
A wrong draw-offers isn´t big news.
I would call it news for a world-public.
5 years 3 months ago
I like chessvibes because only the most important topics are covered. Even if this means providing only one or two news each day . But these news are always of very high quality, often with additional media, links and commentary.
So I don't think this incident fits into the chessivbes portfolio. There's simply nothing interesting to write about. Cheating? Nothing new. Australia? Couldn't be more far away except from a New Zealand tournament. 14 year old? Well, I did worse things at this age...
IMO what makes an article newsworthy is what you are capable to find in it , sometimes is not the news itself but the conclusions or thoughts that the writer shares by writing it.
It is also important to publish what you believe is relevant or funny or interesting , without worrying to much about the importance of the news itself.
5 years 3 months ago
well, if you published it, you certainly think it's newsworthy, don't you ?
it's interesting anyway. cheating is fascinating in any kind of discipline or sport like any kind of scheme, everybody reads the article about Madoff as well as the 14 years old chessplayer, it's part of human nature...
I don't think it's so bad that this kid cheated :
it means he has a very competitive spirit, only victory counts. Because i'm sorry, even if you have to accept defeat (part of the game), you have to hate it too, and alway fight for the victory. He just learnt that when you cheat you lose !
no problem at this age, but when you see adults doing it, that is pathetic...
5 years 3 months ago
Kramnik becomes a father! ;-)
Anyway, it strikes me as very strange that the Black player went to the toilet only after he made a move...
Rob Brown
5 years 3 months ago
So a 13 year old kid with a 1300 rating gets caught using a feeble electronic machine to help him get an inferior position. Let the punishment fit the crime. The lad is quietly booted out of the tournament and left to face the music when he arrives home and must explain to his parents and peers why he is no longer in the tournament. Not sufficient, deems the the self righteous Aussie chess press who, clearly having a way too much time on their hands, promptly erects a cathedral around the incident. For its zealous reporting of the matter, I move that the Closet Grandmaster be renamed the Watercloset Grandmaster.
5 years 3 months ago
Cheating is only newsworthy if professionals do it.
Please keep the focus of the site on high quality chess and high quality chess reporting.
The issue of cheating in chess may only become a newsworthy if chess professionals are involved. However, the point is that cheating in chess, regardless of the strength level of the player involved and regardless of the competition type or level, is totally abhorable and shall not become a habit to any chess player. Otherwise, that befits one to play the royal game of chess. Besides, is there any form of glory one can be so proud of if a chess player cheats? In the process he is even affronting the intelligence of his opponent. So in conclusion don't cheat!
Agree with DeCredico. Although "everyone" says at least something about the author of this article... but we all have our faults ;-)
Although I must say that I get nervous sometimes when my opponent is chatting with stronger players of his team...
5 years 3 months ago
Cheating only matters when professionals do it? No need to report it when it's a 14 year old in Australia? You people are strange. Cheating is wrong, no matter the rating or age. And it should be publicized; social disapprobation is a fitting punishment for cheating - along with being banned from tournament play for a period of time.
5 years 3 months ago
Come on, this is a kid! Being expelled from the tournament is enough punishment. He should be protected from any kind of media hype.
The Closet Grandmaster
5 years 3 months ago
@ Rob Brown:
Over zealous? Are you sure you read my post properly? Read it again. You can count the words, too, if you like.
@ Peter:
This is an interesting post. Is it newsworthy? Yes, is my answer. As always context is important. It's an incident in an Australian championship event, albeit in the minor division. It might not be particularly relevant to the exalted pages of ChessVibes, but it is to us local bloggers. The incident took place in our tournament, a national no less. Yet, and despite your apparent dilemma, here you are mentioning the whole thing with extensive links to all the critical sources!
5 years 3 months ago
I think is a good idea to have at least brief articles on cheating, like a sort of World-cheat-O-meter, to see how widespread is this trend.
Years ago there wasn't any problem of this kind, but now we know how easy is to cheat, and I mean not in the net, were is very difficult to know with certainty if someone is cheating, but in tournaments, from amateur to professional. I think many of us have thought about the possibility of top players using high tech to guide his already strong game during competition, with enough budget and practique it could be very feasible and effective and above all monetary-rewarding.
5 years 3 months ago
Just goes to confirm my long-held belief that kids of that age should not be playing chess. The little brat should be thrashed to within an inch of his life, and then stuffed back up the chimney, where he belongs.
5 years 3 months ago
Is cheating always newsworthy? Humm!?
Curious?, ChessVibes should query us over what is "newsworthy" after running the Britney Spears piece.
FYI - The only "newsworthy" B.S. story is her obituary.
Because it was "just a kid" it is excusable? Why do we punish kids when they do something wrong?
And anyway, 14 is not that young. In America you can drive a car at 16... If he's gonna cheat at 14, he's gonna cheat at 16, 18 etc.
Every cheater should be exposed, not only to teach the cheater a lesson, but also to give a message to all that this sort of behaviour is _not acceptable_.
And as others already said, NO "we don't all cheat every once in a while"!
I for one have not ever cheated or even discussed the game, even in the most basic terms (except maybe to say "I'm lost", or "I think I'm winning").
Cheating ruins the game for everyone and if it's not stopped it will be the death of chess.
5 years 3 months ago
Anon, you apparently attaches little value to decency himself, or life itself for that matter and opportunities to correct earlier mistakes. Unless of course we should take your exaggerated comment for a miserably failed attempt at irony?
> Declan: "...to see how widespread is this trend."
On PlayChess they seem to catch one every five minutes. Not an encouraging trend if you ask me. :/
Michael X Tractor
5 years 3 months ago
Sorry Bert, but as a London cab driver, I agree with Anon. Bleedin' disgrace, if you ask me. I blame the parents - should've given the little sod a few good 'idings when he was younger, taught him right from wrong, it never did me no 'arm. You know what I'd do wiv' 'im? String 'im up, that's what - that's the only language these people understand.
I 'ad that Wackford Squeers in the back o' the cab once....
5 years 3 months ago
At this stage such incidents are still a novelty, and as such are probably still newsworthy (no matter where they occur). What would be worse is if they were no longer newsworthy, simply because they were so common place.
The fact remains that CHEATING, in whatever form or manner and in whatever setting or activity or place, is PLAIN AND SIMPLE BAD PER SE!
Aljechins Cat
5 years 3 months ago
I don´t see any excuse within the fact that the cheater was just 14. If you want to be treated like a chess player and your ideas and moves to be taken seriously, you should treat your opponent with the necessary respect.
I really wondered what kind of during-the-game-conversation the author is referring to. I walk and talk a lot while my league games, but if I would get at least harsh words from my teammates if I were discussing their or my games.This refers to sports ethic.
Cornelius Rubsamen
5 years 3 months ago
The only thing newsworthy here is that people at chessvibes think that "we all cheat every once in a while." I have been in situations where I was approached by friends while my game was in progress, and usually the first thing I tell them is to refrain from talking about the games in progress.
Hello all,
There's no denial that the Oz chess community is very small.
IMO The story is basically a human interest story and should remain as nothing more than a note in the annals of the Australian Open.
I concur with Shaun Press in that the incident should be noted and nipped in the bud before the threat becomes more widespread like it has happened for drugs in sports. And raising awareness over this incident instead of sweeping it under the carpet or dismissing it outright is IMHO the right thing to do.
This event happened within our shores and was thus more relevant and newsworthy in our local context. To have it take place in the Australian Open event is indeed cause for some concern here in Australia (Note: the only thing separating the U1600 event and the Australian Open was a cordon barrier strategically placed between the 2 playing areas. Both events are running concurrently within the same playing hall).
Yes, it is newsworthy.
Keep up the good work at ChessVibes.
@Richard, Jan, Cornelius: good to hear that saints do exist after all. We desperately need all pure souls in such a sinful world!
5 years 3 months ago
I think there's no news value what so ever in this article. That's probably why I really did like reading it.
To those people in favour of 'naming and shaming' a 14 year old, I would like to say: Get a f...ing live!
(and I agree with Rubsamen en Cat that nobody should 'talk chess' during an official game, not even my fellow team members)
5 years 3 months ago
Oh God it´s just hilarious that he tried to cheat with ChessMaster. I mean I own that game and it actually helps me practice, but I could top the world´s chess worst rankings, and even I know that ChessMaster is no good for that purpose.
Anyway, I agree with Rob Brown that the direct humiliation of forfeit and having to tell his parents, etc. should have been enough for the kid to learn his lesson... I just remembered a thing or two that I did at 14 and am not very proud of, just to imagine them published on the internet gives me the creeps! :)
5 years 3 months ago
I will not try to claim to be a pure soul and certainly no saint, but I have never 'cheated' as in the article either. I found it rather annoying even when a friend from a neighbouring club (Caissa) told me during a league game in passing by that he thought that I was worse before, but I would certainly have a winning attack with the position I was in now! Luckily, I kept my own evaluation (since it was a misguided opinion).
I hate it when my opponent has a conversation with someone, obviously about a game. I dislike it when people give me advice, since that negates why I am there: to play chess.
So, there may be more of these saints in the world closer to you than you might think.
@Arjon, I don't like conversations during the game either, but, in my experience, it's more or less 'condoned' and almost never is there any protest against it, even when the 'cheating' is rather obvious (as it often is). Of course not everybody does it, but it's not unusual either. My point is not that everybody cheats, but that everybody does know that to some extend, 'cheating' is nothing special in chess.Whether you like it or not, to claim otherwise is to pretend the chess world is full of saints indeed.
5 years 3 months ago
not everyone who goes to the toilet is a cheater, except maybe for Kramnik
I found the story both interesting and sad at the same time. Unfortunately cheating happens more then one would suspect. I've directed many tournaments for kids on both the local and national levels in the US. I've seen everything from false claims or denials of a touch move violation, changing the position when a player was absent, pushing the time forward (harder to do with a digital clock) to results being reported incorrectly. Some of the children doing these things have been quite young.
When one sees this type of stuff happening to have to wonder what is going on in the child's mind to cause him to try to win in thise fashion. Is it pressure from overbearing parents? Is a self esteem issue? Is this going on in other areas of the child's life such as school? I've seen kids put undue pressure on themselves because they don't want to look bad in front of their parents or peers. I've seen kids report their result correctly (loss) yet tell their parents, or coach that they won. The lie isn't discovered until the parent or coach complains that their kid's results are incorrect.
I suspect this kid's motive may not have been this evil desire to win the section. It seems like the dumb idea of a teenager to try to pull a fast one. Using a weak program on a on Playstation doesn't seem like the brainchild of a hardcore cheater.
I do think it's appropriate that some punishment be given beyond simply expelling him from the tournament. I don't think it needs be overly harsh such as a two year suspension. A few months would probably get the message across along with the embarressment of being caught in the first place.
Is it newsworthy? I don't think it's as earth shattering as some of the other cheating incidents that have come up in recent years, but I found it made for interesting reading. This probably would not have gone beyond the shores of Australia if it wasn't for blogging. I highly doubt that this came across the AP wires. I find the stories that chess bloggers share go from quite interesting to rather mundane. However I always like reading about things that happen in other countries, and smaller events.
5 years 3 months ago
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I don't understand your point of view. Not eveverybody "is a saint", as you put it, so we should just let it be?
(Btw: I don't consider myself "a saint", but I DON'T CHEAT.)
christos (greece)
5 years 3 months ago
I think there are many chessplayers who have never cheated.
Ian B Gibson
5 years 3 months ago
I cheated in a game against my computer once - as is often the case, I had just blundered on move 3. Luckily, I found a way (don't ask me how) to 'take back' my previous move, which I did and then I made a different move and went on to win the game convincingly!
Well, the exhilaration soon wore off, and then I couldn't live with the guilt. Especially not with my computer right there on the desk - I just couldn't look it in the eye. So in the end I reluctantly decided that we had to go our separate ways. I told my computer I was going outside for a long walk, and I expected it to be gone by the time I returned.
I hope it's forgiven me now, wherever it is..
I have been a victim of cheating at least 150 (!) times in my life. Only twice were the cheats given an appropriate punishment.
And yet I still haven't cheated once.
But according to this logic there's only a 1/75 chance of getting caught if you cheat 'perfectly'.
Edit: The 1/75 chance applies for cheating in 1 game. So after two games the chance is 1/37.5, then after a third 18.75, etc. So a cheat has to 'select' his opponents very carefully.
Hahaha classic joke Ian Gibson!
Good joke also SDX!
I know an 800 USCF rated player who defeated ChessMaster 10000 at its hardest level, 90+30 ROFL
Michael Quest
5 years 3 months ago
No, the story itself is not particularly newsworthy. It does however serve to expose the low standard of honesty and integrity expressed by its author. In answer to the question - 'haven't we all cheated?', NO we apparently have NOT all cheated! Rather than taking a firm stand against it, you are in effect condoning it with your thoughtless comments. As an author/editor, you need to think about the impact your words may have on others, especially younger ones who are more impressionable.
5 years 3 months ago
"There's not a chess player who has never talked to his team mates during a game, giving a friend a quick advice like "it's always better to wait with that Qb6+ in such positions" or "don't worry, just bring your king to the center and you'll be fine"."
What?! I, and many others, have played in years of competitions and never once did anything of the sort. I wonder about the integrity of the author...
5 years 3 months ago
Let me make one thing clear: cheating is never OK. The team match examples I gave are not acceptable either, but mainly served to make clear how difficult it sometimes is to avoid it. The line "just bring your king to the center" actually comes from a recent Dutch club cup match, where one of my team members, in an ending, overheard one of our opponents saying exactly this.
During such a match, it's very normal to ask your team member: "So, what do you think, are you doing OK?" and small talk about a game has already started. At what point are you crossing the line exactly? So again: it should be condemded, I agree on that too. But still, it happens more often than we'd like it to happen, I think.
Frank Dampf
5 years 3 months ago
"But then again… don't we all cheat every once in a while? There's not a chess player who has never talked to his team mates during a game, giving a friend a quick advice like "it's always better to wait with that Qb6+ in such positions" or "don't worry, just bring your king to the center and you'll be fine". Where to draw the line?"
My opinion is:
talking to team mates like this is pure cheating!
I myself would be very pissed with someone throwing his opinion in like this. I would resign and complain about the talker explicitly just to show what a bad sportsman he was.
So in my opinion there is a very clear line. I am wondering about the authors attitude.
5 years 3 months ago
Ya of corse you can "cheat" by having advice from a team mate. But to have a player who uses a computer that can think of every move in the book is just wrong! It's hands down cheating......Not like it helped him.
5 years 3 months ago
Pity Santa Claus is already gone back to the North Pole. With all these people on here who have behaved so good, he will be really busy next year.
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