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Is this Illegal?
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Could be easily controlled. The chances for two games to be identical and on top of that during the same round of the same tournament must be comparable to having a monkey with a pen write Moby Dick word for word. But it should be expressly banned in the regulations.
No they planned it out. For instance if the pairings were 2200 vs Player B and Player A vs 1600
2200: e4
Player A: e4
1600: e5
Player B: e5
2200: Nf3
Player A: Nf3
so essentially it is pairing the 1600 vs the 2200 where the 2200 will most likely win
akdlfjsif wrote:
No they planned it out. For instance if the pairings were 2200 vs Player B and Player A vs 1600
2200: e4
Player A: e4
1600: e5
Player B: e5
2200: Nf3
Player A: Nf3
so essentially it is pairing the 1600 vs the 2200 where the 2200 will most likely win
Who are you talking to? Nobody appeared to misunderstand your OP.
I don't know if it is explicitly illegal, but it certainly goes against the spirit of the rules. I wonder how a TD would enforce it though. I doubt you would be able to pull it off without being extremely obvious, as different sections are generally far enough away from each other where you can't see moves on a board in another section without walking over to it.
joshuagambrell wrote:
I doubt you would be able to pull it off without being extremely obvious, as different sections are generally far enough away from each other where you can't see moves on a board in another section without walking over to it.
That's a moot point since the games would be identical.
OP you're confused. The turns are: 2400, then 1600 makes the same move. 1700 (black) replies so 2200 (black) copies the move against 2400, used as an "engine".
Game_of_Pawns wrote:
joshuagambrell wrote:
I doubt you would be able to pull it off without being extremely obvious, as different sections are generally far enough away from each other where you can't see moves on a board in another section without walking over to it.
That's a moot point since the games would be identical.
How is that a moot point? It's exactly because the games would be identical that two players walking back and forth between their board and the board in another section would be highly suspicious.
The games being identical is proof enough. That is why it is a moot point.
There's a Wikipedia entry but lacks references: https://goo.gl/TCGYKA.
In a tournament, two players - one rated 2200, and the other rated 1600 are both playing in their respective sections. It is the last round and the 2200 is 1.5-2.5 in the open and the 1600 is 4-0 in the class B. The 1600 has white against a 1700 and the 2200 has black against a 2400. They decide to collude before the game to pull a Derron Brown-esque performance where they essentially pit the 2400 against the 1700 so the 1600 is basically guarenteed money. There is no communication whatsoever and the 1600 obviously wins his game. Is this punishable under either USCF or FIDE Rules assuming that during the actual game, there was no communication between the players at all except for the looking at the board and transferring moves?