| Escribano,
Jose: Re: Open Letter To WICC |
| Open letter to Wicc, Dear Wicc, I couldn't agree more with Mr Ted Brown ( GAMEFACE). I also would like the full restoration of my rating and the appeal of my disqualification to be approved. After all I did not make it to the 8 best anyway, maybe I should have tried some of the programs you accuse me of... (just joking)... Also I sent an email to Dmitri one of the arbiters or part of the committer and I am posting this here once again to demonstrate there is no logic in his argument and furthermore it contradicts itself by saying that WICC did suspect many more players however it was the arbiters judgement that was more important not the actual matches with chess software ! I am of the opinion the arbiters did allow bias and prejudice and in my case in particular because I know them from Australia and they do not like me. Also I did not receive a report from the necessary 3rd arbiter to be in the disqualified list only from these 2 Australian arbiter's bias opinions. Please do not send this report from G.M. Kalifman now it is too late and I know he did not do one for me. Below is the letter I wrote to Dmitri Subject: Disqualification Appeal To: dmitri@fide.com CC: raffy@grandmaster.com, allted@yahoo.com Dear Dmitri, Below is your response to Rafal to his questions, you explain that the data which corresponded to matches of computer software is not so important as the 'arbiters's' opinion. You also explain the following :-- -------------------------------------------- ' I believe you would be interested to know if other players were > suspected of use of chess software and why they were not disqualified. > Yes, there were such instances. But for most of those players Arbiters > were different in their judgements.' ----------------------------------------- I have read the arbiter's 'judgement' on my games and also spoken to one of the arbiter's personally. His explanation is 'contradictory' to your explanation, as I will explain, this only suggest to me that much 'covering' up or failure to disclose the actual truth is taking place. For example , you have just admitted that matches to computer software were not as important as judges opinions, when I spoke to Gary Bekker personally and asked him the reasons, he said that ' My games demonstrated many of matches to computer software ' that was the reason. Contradictory to what you have just explained to Rafal Furdzik !! This is his opinion. His 'opinion' (the important part of the decision as you say is 'incorrect' , untrue, bias,and only demonstrates prejudice. Therefore what you say and what he says is 'contradictory' i.e. his opinion and the theory of software matches is identical. I know this arbiters from Australia both of them , Manuel Weeks and Bekker, I know they do not like me even if I am an Australian by citizenship (I'm 50 % Spanish from Barcelona and 50 % Cuban ), because I always constructively critize bad chess playing venues and complain when injustices occur in over the board games and challenge their judgement as arbiters ,many of the challenges result in their embarresment as incompetent arbiters. For this they have retaliated and disqualified me ,nothing else ,none of their opinions demonstrate any prove of 'desobeying the net chess rules' as I have proved in all my Forum open statements. Gary also attempted to justify his judgement by saying ' that I did not demonstrate any human tactical plans, such as sacrificies' I'm sorry but this is an absolute lie ' . For example if you examine my last game round 8 in which I sacrificed my 'Queen' for Rook, Knight , Bishop and 2 pawns , all after approximately 10 minutes of calculations !! would I have used sofware for calculating this and taken 10 mins. of course not the software time factor remember guys would occur in seconds !! You can check it in my game how long I took , why did the arbiters conviniantly leave this game out of their report, would it contradict their so important 'opinions'. Furthermore the criteria requires 'that at least the decision be made by '3' arbiter's' I did not receive a report by Mr Kalifman the 3rd arbiter !! Please do not send a backdated one now just to provide the required criteria now !! The disqualifications are wrong ,unjust ,bias, premeditated for ulterior motives,and you guys are heading for a law suit for 'defamation'. I did not enter the tournament for this, I love chess. You guys asked for it and unfortunately from the wrong people. It also appears that your answer to Rafal is just a means to not provide him with this information,no problem I'm building a database of this information from my own analysis for the Lawyer. Of course arbiter's opinions are important when the arbiters are GENUINE. Regards, Jose Escribano. |
| Brown,
Ted: Open Letter To WICC |
| Dear WICC, I was disqualified in error. The bulk of the arguments against me were the Arbiter software was not reporting. I have 4 networks setup in my home located behind several network routers and firewalls to defeat and confuse hackers. I moved the computer I play chess at the WICC on to network 1 which in my environment is behind 1 router and 1 firewall. Most of the programs and games on this computer have no problem getting to the outside world and work fine since I don't have the security features as tight as my other networks. But still your Arbiter program had a problem getting pass my router which has a hardware firewall and my software firewall as well. It seems the Arbiter program was able to get out every now and then but not consistantly and I can't explain this since I don't know how the Aribiter was written, but I had the Arbiter loaded and played with it every game. Like I mentioned before, the WICC should have notified me the Arbiter was not reporting and I would have made adjustments. Yet the WICC like me play the entire tournament and Semi-Final with the Arbiter not reporting. One would think the WICC would have sent me a warning to notify me of this fact. I played all my games with the Arbiter software loaded and was unaware it was not reporting to the WICC. Most of the report against me seems to be weak in that the cheat experts are making statements based on casual observations and offer no real concrete proof, especialy not showing any variations and any analysis based on them Even when they claim I am playing with Fritz 6, I can't get the copy of Fritz 6 I have to duplicate my game play in the tournament. I was also accused of using something called Junior and I don't have that program so I can't check those results but I would like my status at WICC restored. I want my rating restored and my game position restored in the tournament tables. I plan on never playing here again but I want my honor back just the same. Independent chess experts outside of the WICC are coming to the conclusion that I quit your final tournament properly because the draw games you allowed to be replayed were in fact replayed illegally and those players who advanced should not have, therefore you cheated by allowing them to replay drawn games. What is all this replay stuff anyway, no one does this!! The WICC server is not ready for prime time, it has too many bugs and configuration issues. In addition, the WICC seems to favor established FIDE players and while claiming to be open to the chess world is not. The WICC is open to the chess world as long as the chess world stays in its place and doesn't have any success. Once a non FIDE player has any success, the WICC has a group of unfair individuals who are willing to lie and smear the successful participants. A group made up of impartial and fair cheat experts would be more like it and acceptable. Finally 70% of the players at WICC could not survive an audit of the same cheat experts you used against me and you know it. I really hope you audit everyone so the world can see. Many have claimed everyone here used computers for assistance so the WICC should quiet the critics and prove them wrong by auditing everyone as they did me. I can't get Fritz 6 to play like me, hmmm, what a surprise since I never used Fritz 6 in the first place. Restore me now!!!! NO PROOF, NO GUILT!!!!! GAMEFACE! |
| Brown,
Ted: Disqualification |
| Dear WICC I have played over 100 games on your server. Yet it's not until I blast your buggy software publicly that you decide to slander my name. I received your disqualification letter just a few hours ago which said I had 24 hours to appeal and refute your claims. I think the correct course of action would have been to slander me after I unsuccessfully defended myself, not before, because now even if I successfully defend myself you have already played judge, jury and executioner and smeared my good name. My friends say I should sue you, but I'm sure Moscow plays by a different set of rules and that is not possible. The Anti-American tone is loud and clear here and as I plan never to play here again I still have an interest in preserving my good name. Like the others I demand your methods of detection and proof, I know whatever you have is weak and buggy like the server we play on here, but I still demand you produce it. That's why I quit your cheating tournament and server, you let players who had draws replay games and jump in the standings. In my view your action against me is nothing but revenge because I rejected your cheating tournament and buggy server!!! I play over 5000 chess games a year maybe more, I'm not going to let clowns who don't know me, never seen me claim I'm a fraud. Your server is a fraud, you should take it outside and smash it into the ground. You can't even produce software without massive bugs to run a chess server but you expect us to believe you have software to catch cheaters? Grow up WICC ... Later |
----- Original Message -----From: Henrik KarlzénSent: Friday, October 26, 2001 11:22 AMSubject: The FIDE disqualifications
Dear Rafal Furdzik,I agree with you that FIDE's disqualifications and cheat accusings seem very strange and wrong. I think that if FIDE thinks no player under ELO 2550, or with no title, can't qualify to the World Championships in Moscow, they shouldn't aloud them to participate from the beginning. Okay, you have to be realistic, but everyone should have a fair chance. Do FIDE aloud lower ranked, and no titled players, to participate because they want more money?I do not know if you speak the truth or FIDE, but it seems much harder to belive FIDE than you. FIDE can't disqualify players because there's a possibility of cheating, by taking help of a computer. I don't think that it is possible to know if it's a computer or a human playing. If you match moves with a very strong player, like Kasparov, you'll see that there's many moves which are the same. I think that the better you are, the more moves matches the computers. Alright, it's a question about sort of playing too. Today there's a lot of hackers out there and it's not so hard to cheat in a tournament like this. They should have been better prepared for cheaters, so they could sort them out from the real uncheating players.Sorry for my bad English.Thanks for response by mail,Henrik KarlzénSweden
| fleming,
andrew: unfortunate disqualifications-agree with andrey |
| There have been some disappointing
disqualifications. I do think it important that the WICC committee make it known to all players the methods used to disqualify players, eg were games randomly analysed, did they analyse games after a complaint. did they use software to help them identify misuse, etc. It is only just that any system used was applied to all players equally. No doubt there remain suspicions about some who were not disqqulaified. Players are also no doubt concerned that it took to the end of the tournament for disqualifications to take place. As a consequence of this genuine players who were paired against those disqualified have been denied a fair opportunity to reach the finals (such as Andrey Mitin). So my message to the WICC committee is let us know how you disqulaified players (the methods used) and next time impose a swifter means of disqualifying players who demonstrate computer misuse. Good luck to all those players who have qualified..I'm sure you will have an enjoyable time! andrew fleming |
From: Ted Brown <allted@yahoo.com>
To: Rafal Furdzik
Dear Rafal Furdzik,
I am really sorry about what happened to you and me.
I don't know why FIDE disqualified me, I quit the
tournament before the final round in protest because
they let 4 players with draw games replay their games
and past me in the standings!! What an outrage. I
wrote FIDE a letter and told them I was so upset I
wasn't returning to the tournament. The FIDE server
is really beta software and not ready for production,
I know this being a programmer myself. Yet they
charged us $39.00 to play there. I don't plan to play
there ever again so I would like to limit my protest
to clearing my good name. I don't use chess software
to play for me, hey I drew Vicktor Korchnoi just
before he played for the World Championship in a simul
and the one tournament I could afford to play in I was
6-0 but unlike you I can't afford to play in
tournaments and travel but I am the best in my area
and I play over 5000 chess games a year. I beat all
the GM's at FIDE server just about because they were
rated 1600-1900, I didn't know they were really GM's,
I thought they were real 1600-1900 players, I didn't
know better!!, maybe if I did knew I would have been
intimidated, but I'm glad I didn't know. So my point
is I wouldn't use computer anyway but I especially
would not use computer against 1600-1900! See my
point, so they are liars and anti-American, they make
joke of American chess players, if Americans are not
below 1600 they think crime is being committed, like
we are weak just being Americans! Good luck and I
hope our names are cleared up. I really feel sorry
for you, you should be in World Championship
tournament with me, we would beat them and they know
it because we beat them all the time at FIDE server!!
Thanks for writing and stay in touch!!
| Brown,
Ted: Re: Let's fight it |
| Dear Rafal I still don't know why WICC disqualified me. I wrote them a letter and told them I wasn't ever playing on their server again and quitting the tournament in protest because they were cheating by allowing those players with draw games to replay them and past me in the final standings. So how could they disqualify me if I already quit? I think WICC did it for drama effects. What they did to you was especially wicked. I just want my named cleared I don't care about the other stuff. I know I can beat them and so do they. They need to feel we cheated to sooth their bruised egos. What's really funny is all the strong GM's I know can beat computer software including Fritz, so even those who beat them with computers and Fritz exposed how weak they are!! My chess friends are glad this happened now before they lost $39.00 joining here, big lost for WICC. Russia has 27000+ nuclear weapons under its control, I just hope better software in controlling those!!!!!!!!!!!! Good luck and I want all my WICC friends to know I didn't cheat with computer. In fact I thought you all were real 1600-1900 players, I didn't know you were really IMs and GMs so why would I need a computer on 1600-1900 players? See my point? I hope my name is cleared, I sent WICC a letter explaining my defense! I will miss you all a lot, goodbye! |
Hi Ted, Rafal
I'm very sorry to hear what happenned, I
know
you are a good player from having played you at WICC.
I was also disqualified and ironically two of the
arbiters are from Australia where I live !!
I suspect they dislike me and feel intimidated by the
fact that I am becomming a player to be reckoned with
and increasing in strength.
In order to maximise other player's they favour at
the cost of the one's they do not like, this is pure
favouratism.
I also brought forward an appeal to the arbiters which
is posted in the Wicc forum which states that the
only method of jugdement they utilize is pure
"circumstancial evidence ".
They compare one's moves to chess programs
recommended
moves, I telephoned one of the Arbiters "Becker ,G".
This method is unexceptable, for example :
1. 20 % of moves in the openning are normally easily
memorised as they are all "book opening theory"
Naturally such programs as Fritz for example would
produce this exact same moves.
2. Any person has the intellectual capacity to learn
Chess theory from books i.e.
Tactics,strategy,endings etc.
How many over the board games have we played and
then gone home to analyse them in Chessbase for
example to find to our delight the software
chose the same move we played on more then one count.
Does this mean we had a telepathic link to the p.c.
at home and thus "cheated" , hardly !!
3. The moves made by software are just instructions
programmed by humans. It is not impossible that us
humans can by our own analytical mind make good
moves just the same as programs which are
programmed
by us !! I know because I am in the I.T. industry.
4. The method they utilize is purely based on
circumstantial evidence which will not stand in a
court
of Law.
5. I really was unjustly disqualified because I
won most of my final games on forfeit !! and
time trouble by my opponent
I lost 4 games in the final , so you can imagine
how
could I loose so many games if what I am accused
of was true !!
One would think at least I would have drawn instead
of loosing these four games.
I tell you friends I am tired really tired of the
b.s. and injustice in the Chess Scene.
Please feel free to read all my furum replies and
email and let me know how I can help.
It doesn't worry me that I didn't make the 8 finals
because I know I am not up to a World Championship
yet, but rather the slander and defamation this may
have on my name.
Best regards,
Jose Escribano (Talisman)
| To whom it may concern, I spoke personally to one of the arbiters whom I know from chess tournaments here in Australia and asked him how the arbiters could have made such an accusation when I lost so many games in the final ? I was not convinced and or satisfied with his answer, which was ... the following.. 'that the decision was based on the number of moves which were the same as that of a strong playing program and thus it was highly probable that it was used , not based on the number of games won or lost ' I would like to emphasize the word 'probable' this my friends as already explained in my appeal is not evidence 'probabilities' and statistics prove nothing.... and are nothing but circumstantial ,20 % and in some cases a higher percentage of moves in a game are from opening theory 'book moves' the chances that this moves will be the same as a playing program are very high however it proves if anything that the player knows his chess theory. The other point which is even more important is this: If I had as you allege used such 'powerful' assistance which is capable of calculating moves as much as 30 and more moves deep why was I loosing and in fact lost my 4 games only as soon as 4 or 5 moves after the alleged computer move ? Surely a strong program would not have suggested such a weak move which cost me the game only 4 or 5 moves after I made it considering it can advice me winning moves in depths of 30 moves. I'll answer the question for you my friends , simply because the move was made by a human ,yes me . I am not a lawyer and I can use my common sense to explain this ,just imagine what a professional lawyer whos main objective is to tear you to shreads will do. Let's face it your accusations are slowly but surely desintegrating into a black hole of circumstances without any real prove. Points such as why would I shoot myself in the foot by loading your so called 'chess arbiter' software into my p.c. which checks for executables of chess software will emphazise more and more unjustice to the disqualification. There are no problems only opportunities. The choice is yours. Regards. Jose Escribano. |
|
24.10.2001
| Escribano,
Jose: Each attempt to prove Disqual. can be Disproved ! |
| It appears my last forum message had some
effect, Wicc broke their silence, however as explained to them in my reply copied below this still proves nothing , and more importantly if anything only Wicc committe's and that of their arbiters's bias and or prejudice attitudes !! The criteria they provide will not I repeat WILL NOT STAND IN COURT simply because it is NOT BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT !! As I said before I am not a Lawyer and I can refute their argument imagine what a qualified Lawyer would do ?!! Furthermore Wicc commeetee state in their email addressed to me the following:- 'Decisions on disqualification is taken in case at > least three arbiters > came to a conclusion that a certain player used > chess software. ' ' 3 ARBITERS WHERE IS THE REPORT OF THIRD ?? ' Please do not send it now or forgue a backdated document, you have insulted my intelligence enough !! Below is the letter (finally) and my response. --- wicc@fide.com wrote: > Dear FIDE Net Chess Player, > > Please, find the materials regarding Arbiters' > disqualification > decision. The same information shall be published at > the web server. > > Method and Procedure > > 1. Chess Arbiter Program (ChArb.exe) > > The information on use of Chess Arbiter program was > under > consideration. The program sends the following > information to the > server of FIDE: > - completion of players' authorization, > - every two minutes the program sends in information > to confirm it is > running, > - in case it detects certain chess software running > on player's > computer, it sends in information on the fact. > > 2. Machine control > > The Organizing Committee also used software > developed by Convekta Ltd. > (developer of Chess Assistant Software, > http://www.chessassistant.com). The purpose was > finding long move > chains in the play matching move suggestions of > Fritz, Shredder, > Junior and Tiger programs. The software analyzed the > positions in > which there were alternatives of moves only. > Openings, positions > without alternative moves and endings with clear win > of one of the > opponents were omitted. > > 3. Arbiters > > The further examination of the games was carried out > by the Arbiters > of the Championship. The task of the Arbiters is > finding the sequences > of players' actions all together viewed impossible > for human player. > Arbiters examine move chains matching suggestions of > chess software. > The special attention is paid to the following: > - behavior characteristic of computer programs, > - matches of move chains in decisive positions that > have multiple > solutions, > - multiple appearance of situations in which > thinking time is too > short for human. > > Decisions on disqualification is taken in case at > least three arbiters > came to a conclusion that a certain player used > chess software. > > > WICC ORGANIZING COMMITTEE > WICC ARBITERS COMMISSION JOSE ESCRIBANO (Talisman) Final IA MANUEL WEEKS Report Round 3. October 13, 2001. 3:42. Round 3. October 10 – 11, 2001. Crazyboy - Talisman In his game with Crazyboy in Round 3 he was blatantly using computer assistance. I will look at his rd 4 game closely and we may have to expel him. Report Round 4. October 13, 2001. 16:19. Round 4. October 11 – 12, 2001. Talisman - Llama In Round 4, Talisman yet again was blatant in his use of a commercial computer application. . . . There is no doubt as to this player (Jose Escribano) utilizing computer assistance. The problem is that his ill gotten wins are affecting the draw and he is playing people he should not and not letting the correct people fight their way to the top. I repeat, there is no doubt as to the use of computer assistance in this player’s games. Report Round 5. October 14, 2001. 20:25. Round 5. October 13 – 14, 2001. Crest - Talisman After playing through the games of Talisman (Jose Escribano) I am convince that he is using Fritz 6 for virtually all of his moves! In his loss to Sergey Shipov (Round 5) he reproduced every move recommended by Fritz 6!. Even when in a lost position with virtually no time he faithfully can playing the moves that Fritz 6 suggested. I have taken the liberty of also playing through his Round 6 game and it is the same pattern. At this stage of the tournament with an outside chance of qualifying he is relying completely on the computer since the level of opposition he is playing against is much higher. I repeat from my previous email regarding this player, there is no doubt in my mind that he is using a computer. Free Report. October 16, 2001. 3:12. Jose Escribano- One of the most obvious examples, unfortunately if you are going to use to use a computer you should not do it so obviously! A mystery why this player remains in the tournament. IA GARY BEKKER Special Report. October 16, 2001. 20:52. Almost all of the moves played by this player in recent Final series games were produced by Fritz 6, without any attempt to play any critical moves independently. This player's blatant use of computer assisted play should be rewarded only with the highest penalty available - immediate disqualification from the tournament. Convecta Ltd. (Machine Control) 42. Talisman (Escribano, Jose; 53% in 130 moves) Game1 - 56% (27 moves) Game3 - 58% (69 moves) Game4 - 62% (34 moves) Game5 - 44% Game6 - 65%. The official letter from Wicc also states ' The task of the Arbiters is > finding the sequences > of players' actions all together viewed impossible > for human player.' To whom it may concern, I'm sorry as explained in my forum section below this PROVES nothing, you should know better Weeks BY being a Lawyer , all this has proved is the bias opinions formed by the arbiters , my analysis suggest the same criteria to 90 % of players for all games in the final and semifinal ,why wasn't the same 'bias' descriminatory decisions formed towards them..... an ulterior motive perhaps why don't you publize that !!!! Pure circumstantialities and personal opinions. Take that to a court and even without a lawyer I could successfully use the same argument in the forum (see below) to nullify all your points , even the time factor one, for example it is not impossible for a player after many years of playing chess to intuitively look at the board and see patterns and similar positions or the same positions, this will register in his subconscious and trigger of at the speed of light ,(the mind travels at the speed of light) a recognition which will immediately tell him or her which is the best move, ask any psychologist. Chess Books have being written which explain this phenomena !! and one does not have to be a grandmaster in order of this human possibility and or be using a chess program, nice try Weeks , why didn't you write that about some FIDE rated players with the same profile in their games , obviosly you are discriminating against me ,simply to make it difficult for a potential good player to make it in chess !! Your arguments are not ' beyond reasonable doubt' as I have just proved. Is it not conveniant , would it slander your reputation and credibility as arbiters. I cant wait till I play both of you over the board and bit you and then ask you were is my chess program ? This has to be a joke !! I am really finding all this amusing .... There is nothing IMPOSSIBLE about what I have explained and in fact scientific research has being done by many pschologist on pattern recognition and the 'power of the human subcouncious mind' to determine at extraordinary speeds almost intuitively a complex problem , imagine for chess which is a game very easily learned !!' Capablanca and Tal have proved this in fact Capablanca's style was very simple as opposed to Tal's which thrived in complex tactical positions and yet many of their games arrived at the same result or position , Tal and Capablanca could just glance at a complex position and almost immediately suggest a winning move a move which could be compared to a lenghty calculated line of perhaps 10 minutes in just a glance !! how is this possible ?? Wicc has just said it is IMPOSSIBLE !! This can be done without calculation which proves their argument wrong and in fact FUTILE. True the participants in the tournament were not 'Tals or Capablancas' however this should not underestatimate their capacity to do this , in particular after many years of practice and study of chess theory, without the need for them to be categorized in a classification of 'Grandmaster' which in many cases is just fixed. As long as humans have the ultimate computer software with them yes , the ultimate my points are and will stand in front of a jury, ..... THE HUMAND MIND IS THE ULTIMATE CHESS SOFTWARE PROGRAM. I REST MY CASE. Thank-you. Jose Escribano. |
24.10.2001
| Brown,
Ted: Re: Each attempt to prove Disqual. can be Disproved ! |
| I hear you loud and clear, yours is worst than mine! :-) But wait, they said I took 16 seconds to make a move and a human could not calculate that fast in my game situation. Really? Log onto to the ICC at chessclub.com and look up my speed chess games. I play bullet all the time with time controls at 1-0, 60 seconds a game no increments. I play entire games and mate people in 16 seconds, are they kidding? Look at my games, my handle is TedUSA, I always rate no less than 1930 at 60 second game speeds and have been rated 2170. I've played entire games and mated in 16 seconds, get real, they clearly are blowing major smoke with their weak analysis and have no idea what I am capable of. I challenge any of them to play me on the ICC in 60 second games and I'll show them first hand how fast I am. They can't hang with me, lets rock cheat experts!!! |
24.10.2001
| Escribano,
Jose: Re: Re: Each attempt to prove Disqual. can be Disproved ! |
| Hi Ted, I can't help myself from enjoying all of this ! :) Do you think Wicc committee has a sense of humor ? Let's see .... O.K. You are a top notch Network specialist , Rafel is a top notch developer and I'm a humble Systems Analyst ..... Maybe Wicc can offer as Jobs to configure their server properly .... this way will get to go to Russia after all anf have a couple of Stochlichnaya Vodkas !! |
| Brown,
Ted: WICC Provides Its Version of Proof!! |
| The WICC sent me a detailed version of
its proof on my disqualification. In almost every round the chess arbiter
software reported NO DATA. Even though I used the chess arbiter every game
I played very loyally, I never missed a game. The report cited the NO DATA
may have been because of a proxy server or firewall. I am a network
developer, I have a network in my home. I have security on top of security
behind multiple firewalls. If the chess arbiter software could not talk
through these firewalls or there were firewall issues, the WICC should
have notified me it wasn't receiving any data or to setup for firewall
pass through and I would have made adjustments. Yet round after round the
WICC received no data from the chess arbiter software and did not notify
me by email of this fact. I was playing games with the arbiter software so
I naturally thought the arbiter software was doing its job. I figured if
it wasn't working properly I would not be able to play a game, how would I
know it was letting me play a game but not reporting properly to WICC, is
this my fault? They beat me up big time over chess arbiter, I honestly
thought it was working properly, I figured if it wasn't working I would
not be able to play a game. Then they say I logged on twice probably from
another computer, WRONG. I logged on twice from the same computer!! I
always open browser 2 windows to the WICC, one to play games and one to
watch the game page to follow the latest games to see who just won! I
minimize each window back and forth to follow the WICC action, is this a
crime? I really wish the WICC had told me chess arbiter wasn't sending
them any data, they let me play the entire tournament under these
conditions, why? Then IA Weeks claims I was using a computer against
Sergey Kudrin, based on what? He just makes a staement and that's it! Does
IA Weeks have ESP, what is he basing his statement on? WRONG! Next I am
accused of using Fritz 6 and Junior 6 against a well known GM. Sorry to
burst your bubble guys, I didn't know GM from IM or who these players
were, I mean that sincerely and I don't own Junior 6 and no Fritz 6 play
either. This is so weak I can't believe it. Then IA Garry Bekker claims I
was using Fritz 6 but blundered on move 22 which proves I wasn't using
Fritz 6 the whole time. Oh please, give me a break Garry. I am going to
use Fritz 6 but blunder on move 22 to make it look good? Are you all
reading this? :-) Finally GM Alexander Khalifman claims I have long chains
matching Junior 6. He says more but I'm killing the rest right now because
I don't own Junior 6 and this is the honest truth. I can see that the
alarms went off on me because of the Arbiter software not reporting
properly and then these guys assumed the worst and went off on a tangent
analysing my games looking for crimes. I played my own games gentlemen, no
assistance from computer. In most cases I think I played very bad and I
really feel you are insulting the computer if you really want to know the
truth!! I can actually play better and stronger than I did in the
tournament. Well thats my defense, if you still don't believe me and want
to smear me, have at it. But if this is your case against me, it is very
circumstantial, weak, guessing, maybe, and not worth destroying my chess
reputation over. Like it or not guys, I am a strong player and I did one
thing I will admit I could never do in a tournament, I play my Jazz music
loud while I am playing, if listening to my Jazz music loud is cheating,
then you got me!!! GAMEFACE |
| Brown,
Ted: The Full Report On Me From Cheat Experts!! |
| I want everyone to read this and just
look and see how weak it is for themselves. Not only did I lose and draw a
lot of games in the semi-final and final, I did not play well yet they
claim I used Fritz and Junior. Are they looking at my results? This report
is based on the semi-final and final. Compared to the other reports, I
look like an Angel. This report could apply to 90% of the players at WICC
when games are checked!!! Is this weak report enough to destroy my online
chess reputation? Absolutely not and its so wrong too!!!! Below is full report from cheat experts: Notes: time – login time or time of event if specified, x – no login, Nodata - no data received, Clear – Chess Arbiter sent information on its functionality and confirmation of no chess programs running on player's computer. Possible reasons for 'Nodata': player used internet over firewall software, proxy server with certain settings or disabled Chess Arbiter program. Two facts attract attention: 1. Mon Oct 8 Chess Arbiter sent information on its functioning within the period 3:24 - 4:42. Possible reasons: player used internet from another computer (without firewall software, without proxy server), player did not disable Chess Arbiter program. 2. In semifinal tournament Round 4, Sat, September 29 02:00:00 2001. Chess Arbiter: 01:08 Nodata, 2:46 Clear. In this game reimaa, sven (Ted Brown's opponent) did not show up for the game. Ted Brown logged into the Tournament Zone twice: 1 before the game 01:08 and Chess Arbiter did not send any information of its functionality, 2 soon after the win of GAMEGAFE was registered - 2:46. The second time the Chess Arbiter program did sent data on its functionality. The possible reasons are the same as in the previous case. There is a higher probability that the player did not disable Chess Arbiter after logging in this time. As there have been no data confirming the fact that Chess Arbiter program was running during the game, this cannot confirm or disprove use of chess software on the player's computer. IA MANUEL WEEKS Report Round 2. October 9-10, 2001. After going through the games of Gameface (Ted Brown) it is clear he has been using computer assistance. This was especially clear in the game with marketplay (Sergey Kudrin). In my mind there is no doubt that he used computer assistance and that he should be asked to leave the tournament if any other examples are found. Free Report. October 16. 3:12. This player has being careful with his usage until the final and now it looks like to keep up with the higher standard of play he has to use the computer more often. Another who I feel without doubt is using a computer. Summary. October 19, 2001. 22:42 GAMEFACE – In his game with marketplay (Round 2) it was obvious that when having to play a well know Grandmaster GAMEFACE relied upon Fritz 6 soel for his moves. The simple fact that in his games with Heine (Round 5) and Rabbit (Round 7) a comparison between his moves and that of Fritz 6 is enough to convince me that he has been utilizing computer assistance. IA GARY BEKKER Special Report. October 16, 2001. 20:52. GAMEFACE: Nearly all moves played by this player in Finals round 2, against marketplay, were generated by Fritz 6. In this players round 1 Finals game he made the error 22.Qxc4? indicating that he was not consistently using computer assistance. GM CHESS, GM ALEXANDER KHALIFMAN Report Round 5. October 17, 2001. 9:54. (translated from Russian) In game 28 (GAMEFACE-Heine) white show long chains of moves matching suggestions of chess software (most probably we are talking Junior 6, even if it is only because extravagant for human move 6.Qd4). Before playing 23.Na2 practically every man would think longer than 18 (!) seconds [(16:34) - (16:36) + 20 seconds]. It did not happen and it proves the fact that all the thinking over variants for thim move was made by machine, not human... Report Round 7. October 17, 2001. 17:04. (translated from Russian) In game starting from white's move 7 it is easy to trace matches of moves with recommendations of Fritz 6. Moreover, some moves made by white in this game do not look natural from the point of human and are most probably suggestions of Fritz. For instance move 16.b3 can be easily received (Depth: 10) with the help of Fritz 6, but it can hardly be accounted for as normal human move. Convecta Ltd. (Machine Control) GAMEFACE (Brown, Ted; 67% in 162 moves) Game1 - 70% (50 moves) Game2 - 83% (36 moves) Game3 - 59% (44 moves) Game4 - 59% (32 moves) Game5 - 67% |
| Brown,
Ted: Let Cheat Experts Report on Everyone and Lets See! |
| Let the cheat experts report on everyone at WICC and lets see!! Report on everybody, why not?? Lets see how many play like Fritz and Junior, why not? The report against me in nothing. The cheat experts are using words like probably, you destroy my name for probably? Words are being used like probabilty? Statements like 'possible reasons'? Statements like 'in my mind'? I am a computer professional of over 20 years and my moves don't look natural of human? Am I natural of human in my line of work? Of course not dummy, I program machines, what is natural of human about that? Lets check everyone and read all the reports, I bet eyes will be popping open all over WICC and beyond, especially if these cheat experts write the reports. Lets do it now!!! |
| Brown,
Ted: Let Cheat Experts Report on Everyone and Lets See! |
| Let the cheat experts report on everyone at WICC and lets see!! Report on everybody, why not?? Lets see how many play like Fritz and Junior, why not? The report against me in nothing. The cheat experts are using words like probably, you destroy my name for probably? Words are being used like probabilty? Statements like 'possible reasons'? Statements like 'in my mind'? I am a computer professional of over 20 years and my moves don't look natural of human? Am I natural of human in my line of work? Of course not dummy, I program machines, what is natural of human about that? Lets check everyone and read all the reports, I bet eyes will be popping open all over WICC and beyond, especially if these cheat experts write the reports. Lets do it now!!! |
| Brown,
Ted: Open Letter To WICC |
| Dear WICC, I was disqualified in error. The bulk of the arguments against me were the Arbiter software was not reporting. I have 4 networks setup in my home located behind several network routers and firewalls to defeat and confuse hackers. I moved the computer I play chess at the WICC on to network 1 which in my environment is behind 1 router and 1 firewall. Most of the programs and games on this computer have no problem getting to the outside world and work fine since I don't have the security features as tight as my other networks. But still your Arbiter program had a problem getting pass my router which has a hardware firewall and my software firewall as well. It seems the Arbiter program was able to get out every now and then but not consistantly and I can't explain this since I don't know how the Aribiter was written, but I had the Arbiter loaded and played with it every game. Like I mentioned before, the WICC should have notified me the Arbiter was not reporting and I would have made adjustments. Yet the WICC like me play the entire tournament and Semi-Final with the Arbiter not reporting. One would think the WICC would have sent me a warning to notify me of this fact. I played all my games with the Arbiter software loaded and was unaware it was not reporting to the WICC. Most of the report against me seems to be weak in that the cheat experts are making statements based on casual observations and offer no real concrete proof, especialy not showing any variations and any analysis based on them Even when they claim I am playing with Fritz 6, I can't get the copy of Fritz 6 I have to duplicate my game play in the tournament. I was also accused of using something called Junior and I don't have that program so I can't check those results but I would like my status at WICC restored. I want my rating restored and my game position restored in the tournament tables. I plan on never playing here again but I want my honor back just the same. Independent chess experts outside of the WICC are coming to the conclusion that I quit your final tournament properly because the draw games you allowed to be replayed were in fact replayed illegally and those players who advanced should not have, therefore you cheated by allowing them to replay drawn games. What is all this replay stuff anyway, no one does this!! The WICC server is not ready for prime time, it has too many bugs and configuration issues. In addition, the WICC seems to favor established FIDE players and while claiming to be open to the chess world is not. The WICC is open to the chess world as long as the chess world stays in its place and doesn't have any success. Once a non FIDE player has any success, the WICC has a group of unfair individuals who are willing to lie and smear the successful participants. A group made up of impartial and fair cheat experts would be more like it and acceptable. Finally 70% of the players at WICC could not survive an audit of the same cheat experts you used against me and you know it. I really hope you audit everyone so the world can see. Many have claimed everyone here used computers for assistance so the WICC should quiet the critics and prove them wrong by auditing everyone as they did me. I can't get Fritz 6 to play like me, hmmm, what a surprise since I never used Fritz 6 in the first place. Restore me now!!!! NO PROOF, NO GUILT!!!!! GAMEFACE! |
| Brown,
Ted: My Fritz 6 Findings!! |
| Okay gang here we go! I loaded up Fritz 6 and Deep Fritz, nice programs! The main crime I seem to have committed in my report is I used Fritz 6 against my fellow American (slick choice, another American!!) marketplay. (Sergey, Kurdrin) On my move 7 I can't get my copy of Fritz to play ...7 f5, Fritz 6 wants to play ...7 Nd7. Okay so I force the issue and setup the position to reflect my game with marketplay, marketplay moves 8. Bd3 and I played ...8c7c5 but my copy of Fritz 6 wants to play ...8 Nc6. Okay so I force the issue again and setup the game situation and now after marketplay castles on move 9 I played ...9 Nb8c6 and Fritz 6 wants to play cxd4!!! I rest my case. Fritz 6 is not playing like me!!! And I conclude the cheat experts are nothing of the kind. We should check their work even closer because this brief review has clearly exposed them as liars. You all better have good lawyers because I'll set up a computer in the court room and expose you all as the fraudulent cheat experts you are not! |
| Martinidesz,
Denis: Time for explanations by FIDE |
| The last messages and news on external
pages indicate that the organisation was cheating. I very concerned about
this, since it is FIDE who stands behind this tournament. The claim: Zeliakov was 9th, therefore somebody ahead of him needed to be disqualified. My understanding so far: RAFAL FURDZIK seems to have given enough evidence that he is a strong chess player (check references below). Zeliakov did not, even though he is lower rated OTB than Furdzik and also showed a performance above 2500. Furthermore Zeliakov seems to have influence on arbitors, since Mr Khalifman works for him at his chess academy. This is very dubious. Moreover, FIDE has not provided any explanation why it came to the conclusion to disqualify exactly the four players listed, and what methods were used to control the event. Please be aware that 5 players were disqualified since WICC began and none of the players were russian! How comes? Have all cheaters escaped to the west? How comes Mr Zeliakov is accused of stealing money from St. Petersburg Chess Federation but still is allowed to participate in FIDE tournaments? All this is looks very strange to the independent viewer. Îf the WICC ORGANISATION continues to remain silent on these issues, I will escalate these questions over printed media and my Federation. I encourage other readers to do the same. Kind regards, Denis |
| Brown,
Ted: Back Issues - Basic Questions |
| First things first. Where is the WICC presence in this forum? When I first joined this chess server the WICC was an active participant in this forum. It was rare that 48 hours would pass by and the WICC would not address issues presented in this forum. Most of the time the WICC would address issues presented here in the same day. Never were there long periods of absence and silence like now. Why is this? Now weeks pass by and no WICC presence, comments or participation. The WICC is acting like a little kid that does something wrong and runs and hides under a bed and hopes when they come out all the problems will be gone and everything will be okay! This is why I commented once for the WICC to grow up!! The WICC said some of us cheated, got chess experts of its choice to support its position, and took action against us even before we had a chance to address the accusations. Why can't the WICC defend its actions in this forum? That is what this forum is for. We can't communicate during games, we can only communicate here at the WICC in this forum. I challenge the WICC to come out of hiding from under the bed and defend its position and actions to our chess community here at the WICC FIDE Server. You know you are totally wrong that's why. You know this is a blunder. You also know you can't defend your position. You know it was wrong to publicly humiliate us before we had an opportunity to address the issues against us like you promised, You know you can't win any arguments on this issue either. This very event happening right here and right now is the main thing that separates the west from the rest of the world. In the west no organization or person can just play accuser, judge, jury and executioner all with no recourse by the accused and thats the end of the story. We have rights, we have recourse, we deserve an opportunity to address the issues against us before any public humiliation and we will defend these rights whether WICC acknowledges our rights or not. Just because this server is located in Russia does not mean we give up our native rights from our home countries, our rights come with us and will be respected!!! Show up here and stop hiding like cowards, come out and defend this injustice before our chess community. If you are so sure about your position what do you have to worry about, lets talk about it here! What is your problem? Why can't you show up in your our forum? This entire matter is garbage that's why. |
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