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How common is cheating on Chess.com? sometimes I will play someone who's at my level (sub-800 mongrel level) and their moves are flawless, inspired, and wreck me in under like 15 moves. If they were that good, it seems absolutely impossible they would be sub-800. It it common for people to use AI? do people get caught on here a lot for that?
Feb 13, 2025
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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: https://www.chess.com/club/cheating-forum