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Apr 2021
10:15pm, 8 Apr 2021
1,491 posts
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BrianJ
somplted = completed (!)
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Apr 2021
10:20pm, 8 Apr 2021
880 posts
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Tazsedai
Ah OK. Well you learn something new every day here on fetch!
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Apr 2021
10:29pm, 8 Apr 2021
73,830 posts
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Gobi
I'm bad enough not to worry 
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Apr 2021
10:38pm, 8 Apr 2021
26,126 posts
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JulesR
My new fact of the day is the only Fetchie who’s taken Brian out of the 90-100% performance bracket was Dio. Twice in fact.
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Apr 2021
7:12am, 9 Apr 2021
475 posts
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JogWalker
Announcement
For those of you who have not yet solved the puzzle, it is me.
Yesterday I received an email telling me that my account was to be closed immediately. No discussion, no right of appeal, nothing. Almost immediately, you all started to receive messages and the discussion on the thread commenced.
First, let me say that I have not cheated. Or, at least I didn’t think I had.
I mentioned a few weeks back that I had sheets of paper all over the spare room with all of the moves from my recent and ongoing games. I used these to analyse move options. I also started to look into various Wikipedia sites, read some books and watched a lot of YouTube videos. A clear head from not drinking was also very advantageous. More importantly, I changed my style from being very aggressive and attacking to more patient. I even joked with Fetch that my new approach was to try and bore my opponent with long drawn out games, waiting for them to get impatient and provide an opening. If I couldn’t see anything for my pieces, I would tinker with a pawn, or even remember that my pieces can move backwards!
Yesterday I was angry when I got the email. I was then distraught when I realised that the platform had already publicly outed me by advising all of my recent opponents. In my line of work, even the convicted are allowed to plead mitigation.
Having re-read the fair play rules I now realise that referring to notes to support your play is a violation. I honestly thought that I was doing no more on paper than many of you had talked about on this forum where you advised people to make notes in the app to assist you.
I would like to apologise to all of you for my mistake. Made out of ignorance but only with the intention of becoming a better player.
Thank you to all of my opponents. I enjoyed every game and you all helped me to become a better player. Special thanks to Surelynot1 for introducing me to the Caro-Khan which I adopted as my preferred black opening.
I am still feeling very raw this morning. However, it is what it is. Good luck to you all for your future games. My king will move no more.
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Apr 2021
7:17am, 9 Apr 2021
234 posts
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azx
It is allowed to use notes and an opening book in daily chess, just not in live chess.
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Apr 2021
7:21am, 9 Apr 2021
6,739 posts
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bigleggy
That seems really harsh JW. Perhaps the Fetch Chess Group could appeal on your behalf. As a group I think we all strive to be better etc.
But how did they know you had notes ? Just curious, not accusing .........
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Apr 2021
7:41am, 9 Apr 2021
27,185 posts
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Maclennane
Really sorry to read that, JW. It does seem very harsh
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Apr 2021
7:44am, 9 Apr 2021
2,373 posts
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JCB
Maclennane rightly wiped the board after I declined a draw offer! 🤣
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Apr 2021
7:50am, 9 Apr 2021
20,664 posts
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GimmeMedals
That does seem harsh, JW.
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