Originally Posted by
Steve Douglas
Hi Kerry:
As Roger pointed out, any device running any sort of "generic" OS which allows user-loaded applets would be a real problem with respect to cheating. People are already suspicious of the MonRoi device as it is since it does have an analysis mode (or so I understand).
Remember we presently have people claiming that writing your move down on a paper scoresheet before you move is illegal because *that* constitutes analysis.
The MonRoi device is known, at least in these parts, and I believe it has been sanctioned by FIDE. The only way I can see that you could allow a player to use a non-proprietary device in a tournament would be if the organizers supplied it. Even then you might have problems with people accidentally inserting flash memory cards containing the full ECO and the last 20 years of Informants....
A friend of mine got accused of cheating at a club game because he was "using a computer". It was a Blackberry. And if you had ever looked at either his rating or his gamescores, you would know that if he were cheating, he was badly in need of a software upgrade (his games look similar to mine--sigh).
Steve