Epidemic cheating in the 900 level

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Theshoresofheaven

It is a waste of time trying to play chess online here. The amount of cheats exceed the genuine players. If this was any other sport online the site would be closed down.

Martin_Stahl

The perception of cheating levels is orders of magnitude more than the actual amount. The vast majority of games and players are clean

https://support.chess.com/article/648-what-do-i-need-to-know-about-fair-play-on-chess-com

https://www.chess.com/article/view/online-chess-cheating

https://www.chess.com/article/view/chesscom-update-february-2025#FairPlay

The site closed more than 100,000 accounts in January for fair play violations and has a full team of staff working on reports along with some automated systems for detection.

https://www.chess.com/article/view/fair-play

That said, discussions of cheating, potential cheating, or cheat detection are not allowed in the general forums. If you want to discuss join the following club, once you've been a member for at least 30 days https://www.chess.com/club/cheating-forum

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