people using engines to beat you
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How common is this? I have played a few people recently who play far, far better than their profile suggests, now I'm pretty average, but some of the games have been unbelievable... had this before on other devices, you can tell who is cheating as each move takes them far longer than normal. Most frustrating
Apr 15, 2017
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So I just went through some of your recent games that you lost.
No one is using an engine, I 100% guarantee. It's your play that's rather terrible.
Here are links to computer analyses of your last two losses:
https://en.lichess.org/85lhey5g#9
https://en.lichess.org/O9Zd9lR9#9
Notice that in the first game, you played a horrible horrible opening, your opponent got a winning position, but messed up a bit, but you kept blundering and your opponent had no choice but to win.
In the second game, you had a winning combination at least twice in the game, but missed it both times.
How bad do you expect your opponents to play before you don't suspect them of engine use?
As a general rule, before you break 1600, don't accuse others of using engines, because if they did, they'd probably be much higher rated than 1200.
Apr 15, 2017
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Two people that I've played in the past week have been banned. I reported two others who are still among us. That's about 1 in 50 and all players above 1800 in blitz.
Apr 15, 2017
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^I really like how you timed out one of the cheaters in 3 minute blitz in a losing position.
That's why you should stick with 3 mins - you can still beat engine users on the clock, and most of them won't try 3 minutes because it's much harder than 5 or 10 mins.
Apr 15, 2017
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#5
Chess.com takes cheating very seriously:
https://www.chess.com/article/view/chess-com-fair-play-and-cheat-detection
Discussions of cheating, potential cheating or cheat detection are not allowed on the general forums. If you would like to have that discussion, join the following group.
https://www.chess.com/club/cheating-forum