🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Sun, Mar 19, 2006 05:02 AM UTC:
Although it might be hard to tell whether an online opponent is cheating at
Chess, it is much easier for many Chess variants. When there is no strong
software available for playing a game, that's a good guarantee that your
opponent isn't cheating. In fact, I prefer to play some games online,
rather than against my computer, just because I know I can find a stronger
opponent in a human. Also, in my own case, I find that playing against a
computer lacks the human element of playing against someone online. It
isn't quite the same as playing against someone in person, but it does
let me play against people I would otherwise never even meet, and that's
a good thing.
