Sandbagging
Sandbagging is a term derived from boxing that describes boxing against a sandbag ("sandbag"). In the chess scene , it is a term used to describe the deliberate, fraudulent loss of a game of chess in order to give the opponent scoring points.
chess
In Internet chess, a player can play against himself by setting up several user accounts and thus push the virtual rating of one of these accounts up to "master" level through the deliberate defeat of the other own users. In tournament chess, a player can deliberately lose his Elo rating in less significant tournaments and then win prize money in a lower division in more significant tournaments.
Usually the operators of chess tournaments rate such attempts as fraud and try to defend themselves against them by disqualification. For example, the tournament statutes for prize chess tournaments of the Internet Chess Club regularly state:
- SANDBAGGING: ICC will not tolerate intentionally losing games in order to make yourself eligible for a prize in a lower rating class. Anyone caught doing so will be immediately forfeited from the tournament and will be ineligible for any prize ...
Similarly, the organizer ChessLive said :
- Penalties: If anyone is caught cheating, they will be disqualified from the tournament IMMEDIATELY and will be added to CCheat list for a period of ONE YEAR. Also, if players are found sandbagging, there will be punishment as well and will result in being disqualified.
Other games
Sandbagging in chess is closely related to “ handicap scuffing ” in golf .
In poker , a check-raise is known as sandbagging.
In climbing , sandbagging refers to rating a route as an inappropriately low level of difficulty . This makes the route seem easier than it actually is.
Web links
- Ray Gordon: Train Like a Chess Champion. The art of Sandbagging ( Memento of October 7, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
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- ↑ http://www.chessclub.com/help/150K
- ↑ What does "sandbag" mean in rock climbing? In: The Undercling. Retrieved June 30, 2020 (American English).