Cheating vs AI

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HollyFlax

Does anyone know whether cheating is allowed when playing unrated games against bots? Seems like it might be fun, and it wouldn't hurt anybody, but I don't want to get banned for it

HollyFlax

So you don't know?

StormCentre3

At the bottom - in small print on the main page are clickable references

User agreement and Community policies will both answer your question.

Often asking here only results in members answering with misinformation and guessing. 
User agreement > Fair play policies makes it very clear.

If still unsure- best to inquire of Staff and not depend on general guessing. Much of it is nothing more than being seen.

NikkiLikeChikki
Pasted from the rules. Notice it says “at any time.” As in never. As in don’t even think about it.

No chess programs or engines (e.g. Chessmaster, Fritz, Komodo, Houdini, Stockfish, Chessbase with any active UCI engine, etc.) can be used to analyze positions in ongoing games at any time.
koyaanisquatsy

you can play the bots and get computer help from chess.com itself if you set it to the 1-star option. there is no need to use an outside source.

StormCentre3

Post #2 is one of the worst examples I’ve encountered  - creating confusion while providing zero information. 
Ahh... yep. #6 is the alternative. Unrated games are not monitored. A way to practice as such - comp vs comp.

NikkiLikeChikki
Yeah, but you can’t flex to your friends or in forum posts without the ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
Steven-ODonoghue
BadBishopJones3 wrote:

Post #2 is one of the worst examples I’ve encountered  - creating confusion while providing zero information. 

Very similar to what you did here

StormCentre3

Steven. Your post referencing your grievances from another thread is against policy. Grow up will ya ? I see you deleted the link - knowing it is against policy but left a reference. Childish behavior. And you wonder why I refuse to answer your insignificant inquires. It’s called “stalking”. Following members to another thread and posting off topic grievances with another member.

Steven-ODonoghue

It is not against any policy at all, I was not excessively promoting my own material or threads, I was merely referencing your hypocricy

Steven-ODonoghue
BadBishopJones3 wrote:

Steven. Your post referencing your grievances from another thread is against policy. Grow up will ya ? I see you deleted the link - knowing it is against policy but left a reference. Childish behavior.

I didn't delete any link, I just made it easier to access for morons such as yourself

Steven-ODonoghue

Perhaps @BBJ would care to link which policy he believes I am breaking by posting a link to another thread

Steven-ODonoghue
BadBishopJones3 wrote:

Steven. Your post referencing your grievances from another thread is against policy. Grow up will ya ? I see you deleted the link - knowing it is against policy but left a reference. Childish behavior. And you wonder why I refuse to answer your insignificant inquires. It’s called “stalking”. Following members to another thread and posting off topic grievances with another member.

Maybe you should respond to my comments instead of adding an additional sentence to this post each time I make one. I fail to see how pointing out your hypocrisy is "childish behavior" and you have yet to explain why you believe that referencing another thread is in violation of some policy.

Steven-ODonoghue
llama45 wrote:

I'm guessing it's the "you made me look bad and I don't like you" policy.

Yeah, sounds about right

Woollysock
Why has this thread turned into a war zone all of a sudden ! sigh 😔
boyd4891

Whenever I am playing a bot, I always like to just tilt my head to the side and the say "Is that someone at the door?" and then when they look around take a couple of pawns or maybe a knight off the board.....sometimes works....sometimes I take my own knight or pawns off the board, because I am just THAT bad.

NikkiLikeChikki
He who gets in the last word wins, Woolly! That’s why the “Is chess a draw” thread has over 5100 posts, and when it started Anand was world champ. Half the posts are people hurling insults, and the other half are just repetitions of points made from when Twilight was in theaters.
AnthonyCF10

yes.

Adamac1
Since they allow so much cheating with so-called human vs human games, I can’t imagine anyone caring about cheating against a bot.
A-Primitive-Idiot
Unrated games in my experiences are rarely bots. Unless you mean when you play the actually computer. I play unrated games and talk with the other person in the chat.