King Reza: …. But why games such as dark chess or Atomic chess should be private, I don't know!

I consider most of them to be games played by cheaters and with their own duplicate accounts. Of course they want the games to be private so that others cannot see their games and the way they have cheated.

Reza- We’ve played many dark chess games in private when you accepted my public invitations… now that I know how strongly you oppose private games, I’ll attempt to protect your feelings and integrity in the future.

Walter Montego:: …There's been enough scandal and pointing of fingers over cheating. Having the games available for public view makes it more likely that cheating can be detected and it certainly can act as a deterent to cheaters….

Walter- I was unaware that there is a lot of cheating or alleged cheating going. However demonizing someone for standing up for what they believe… how republican. I miss our monthly dark chess games, none of which I won, so one would think you can hardly be accusing me of cheating. But then… Believe it or not, there are people that won't play me Dark Chess because of my not playing privately and yet these same people will enter Dark Chess tournaments and those games are always available for viewing when the game is complete! certainly describes me!

I haven’t bothered you with any more invitations since you made your position clear. I gave you the poker analogy below, apparently to no avail.

*BOB*on*Bush*:: you want to see my strategy? play me privately or in a tournament;]

I, of course, concur wholeheartedly! Playing in private is like playing poker. If you want to see my hand or hole card, call my bet. But sadly, just like in poker, there are those who rudely whine to see my cards without paying. [UNRATED]

Where I come from, calling someone a cheater, or even inferring they are cheating- are ‘fighting words’ - questioning my honor - akin to questioning my lady’s honor.

KEEP PRIVATE GAMES OPTION AS IS