S.A. (Software Assistance)

Hi all,

As I surf over the profiles of my opponents, I come accross many comments stating that this or that person is cheating.

Now, my question is the following: can someone actually use a program and combine his own moves?

And second: can someone having a rating in blitz of 1500-1800 can be accused of cheating? I mean, if the person's cheating, they should be above 2000, right?

Many thanks in advance for your opinions.

No, that's what the site says, but I've encountered cheating from when I started as a lowly 1100 up until now. 

Your Question: Yes, someone can combine their own moves with computer calculated moves to make it seem more effective.

The good news is that cheaters aren't usually very smart, and they rise in elo very quickly and are thus banned. 

If you suspect anyone of cheating, don't name them publicly. Chess.com has a team dedicated to catching cheaters; all you need to do is send a ''support'' ticket.

Also, there is a good group called the ''cheating forum'', which discusses these core issues and can be found under share --> groups and teams --> ''cheating''.

Good luck and remember - most cheaters won't feel any sense of skill or accomplishment, and are sure to lose interest after a while. 

many thanks, Boogalicious! Have a gr8 weekend!

Thanks  you too!

Unfortunately, there are cheaters at every level of play, though there are more in the higher echelons, of course.

Then you must encounter them often, Laurent. I'm sorry for you. Nothing ruins the game quite so much.

Then I must be lucky  no cheaters so far in my 20 game lose streak!

Stop that streak. Try to do tactics and take as much time as you want on each problem - no forced tactics due to time.

www.chesstempo.com --> standard mode

I suck at chess tempo too...

In that case, allow me to recommend my favorite tactical site: www.ideachess.com 

Take as long as you want until you ''see'' the solution in your head, even if it takes ages for one problem. Few of these per day and you'll really notice an improvement. No such thing as sucking at something, only not acquiring the knowledge, experience, and skill for it. You can do it if you want it! 

Tank you.

Update: Helped a lot! after about 10 minutes of chess problems all the diffucult puzzles I started to solve more and more rapidly, with only a few mistakes here and there!

That's awesome, man. I'm real happy to hear it. I love ideachess.

Nice interface, no time limit. I'm really glad it'll help you. Now you just gotta keep that 10 mins up every day, and I guarantee you'll start seeing tactical patterns in your games :)

Recently won a game by forcing a pin then a fork :D Finally! 1 win streak accomplished! :D