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It's not even 48 hours into the month of February yet User 198302 has made 3279 moves already, and counting?!

Europe! Europe! Europe!

What a heap of crap. Why would someone cheat to retain a low rating?

As for moves, this is easily achievable. With close to 1,000 games and a low rating you will find that the opponents will be of a similar standard. Generally speaking the moves are much quicker.

Also the person may be retired, unemployed etc allowing them access 10-12 hours per day

3 moves per minutes = 60 per hour = 600 for a 10 hour day = 1800 moves in 3 days

Bump that to 6 moves per minutes and you jump to 3,600 moves over 3 days

Wiggahs Please

Think of it as an idiot site with a lot of chess players.

Maybe you should take a look at some of your fellow clan members if you want to look for dodgy players.

Pick one of your higher rated players and see how much they have "improved" over the years.

I smell more crap within your Clan ranks than I do with Sagator who just plays a lot of chess.

Maybe a Class Action should be created against the Italian Job!

The once was an old man named widget,
With the rules he wanted to fidget,
He could screech and shout with the best,
He would repeat himself without rest,
But his IQ was a mere single digit.

He considered himself as divine,
His righteous claims were all benign,
His explanation for his failures it seems,
Was too often taken to extremes,
Due to his excessive consumption of wine.

Chicken Little once said "The sky's fallin' ",
And then ol' widget recognized his callin',
He'd would make up some lies,
About a great group of guys,
To explain how Metallica was appallin'.

Widget ran around shouting to his clique,
"We all must stop Metallica, and quick,
Those guys win too many games,
and we can't do the same,
So they must have some sordid trick".

Poor widget so badly wanted to rule,
He would contrive stories that he'd try to fuel,
Whenever people would take him to task,
Instead of answering the questions they'd ask,
He would repeat himself like some drunken old fool.

Alas none of his stories panned out,
Metallica continued to rout,
IVV lost its games and its class,
While Metallica's victories would amass,
And now widget and his cronies all pout.

In all the times widget has spoken,
About the rules that Metallica's broken,
He has never once proved anything,
With the quote "facts" that he'd bring,
Truth is IVV was simply just chokin'.

The moral of this story is sad but cool,
The whiners can sulk and follow a fool,
But when it comes to playing chess,
Everyone who is honest, must confess,
That losers whine while Metallica rules!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiNz_JcQ1ks