Chessarena Problems
Chessarena has changed since my last blog post. However, there is still one major problem. Cheaters.I have won three tournaments on chessarena. All three of these wins were awarded long after the end of the tournament, after the winner cheated. In one tournaments, I went 3-2, but both my losses were against the same cheater. I got 5th place out of 20 until the cheater got banned.
LWLWW = 0+2+0+2+2 = 6 points
Becomes
WWWWW = 2+2+4+4+4 = 16 points
Since the previous 2nd place player had 14 points with no games against the cheater, I won 1st place.
The other two wins were in 4 rounds 25+0 Swiss System tournaments where I went 3-1, until the cheater was banned and I went 4-0.
Chessarena used to require all reports not filed during the game in question to be sent by email. I like to think that I made them change by forcing them to read a 411 word email. Now there are more tournaments, but all 25 and 15 minutes Swiss System tournaments are gone, since those were the tournaments with the greatest number of cheaters. I have yet to see a cheater in 5+0 or anything faster, so this is probably better for the site.
The site is still mid. Stay on lichess.