If that is the case I definetly would not like tournaments turning their back to OGS, as it has the most accessible user interface I have seen on a Go site today.
I wonder though how much it actually makes it possible to cheat. Thinking that most big tournaments require their players to film their sceen. Maybe someone with connections to EGF or AGA could ask the relevant people there
@Groin: Opening a private tab still allows you to see the page as anonymous user. IP is difficult, as it can have side effects. I would rely on tournament organisers to deal with the problem. But try to not give them too many problems
Note that the tournament page now has the photos of the players. Could it be that I planted the idea by posting photos of Russian players? https://eurogofed.org/women/2020.html
You put the photos on the page but only a few people knows who is who…
I think it would be a good idea to make a links directly to the games on OGS in the result tables.
Ha, they mixed up 8 o’clock and 20 o’clock apparently. The person who entered the numbers could not believe anyone would meet at 8 in the morning apparently
An interview with Natalia Kovaleva was published (in a mysterious foreign language)
I think the most interesting part is, rephrasing:
There was specific preparation using artificial intelligence, because all opponents’ games were easily available. They’re played online, you can review them, all records are there. You can look through them, notice details. In the play-offs I prepared for my opponents specifically, including their style, often played variations.
I prepared looking through the previous games played on the internet.
Starting from the game with Dina Burdakova it helped me, because first 25 moves I had prepared, roughly speaking. I was almost sure Dina is going to take this path.
Because I know her style very well, and I studied her games, not only from this tournament but also from online tournament before that, in particular Chinese Ambassador Cup. A lot games were played and a lot of info could be picked up.
In the final match with Manja Marz, naturally, especially in the last game it was prepared variation, because Marz literally played the same joseki.
For several days I was coming up with a way to surprise her. Usually this doesn’t happen in tournaments. You don’t have time, and not all games are recorded, records are hard to come by.
