I play on IYT on October main 1. Kevin Sackett made same moves like me (both games) against Arne Blom. What can I do? Can I suggest Arne if he made wrong move after his move? It will be our game. If he made bad move I answer and write him my opinion. He can use it or not. Is it bad? Not my problem that Kevin played same games.
Stepanov
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Re: monkey games
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Nov 7, 2001, 10:36 AM
If the game is still early it may be that Kevin is not necessarily copying your moves but is following a common opening sequence, and in time the games will diverge. IYT does not have any rule against copying moves from one game to another, but you can use the 48 hour time limit to try to stop it. If Kevin is playing black against you and white against Arne in a game with the identical position, using your moves to move against Arne and Arne's move against you, try to wait until Kevin is forced to move first. That is, after Arne makes a move in the game, there will be some time before Kevin uses that move in his game against you (hopefully more than a few minutes). Just wait 48 hrs after Arne has moved before you make your next move -- Kevin will have to move before you or forfeit.
Or maybe you mean that you are black against Arne and Kevin is also black against Arne and is using your moves against Arne. Here you could write to Arne and have Arne move first against Kevin, then wait a while before moving against you. That way Kevin will have to move against Arne before you do.
MM
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