Fetch Chess Club

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Perfect Organism Apr 2021 3:48pm, 8 Apr 2021 751 posts	0 Perfect Organism I got that too, with a bonus of 40 points!
fetcheveryone Apr 2021 3:50pm, 8 Apr 2021 25,881 posts	0 fetcheveryone It seems to me that the person will have been penalised by Chess.com, so it's only really affected them. I was on the point of listing all the people I've played against, but trying to track someone down feels a bit uncomfortable. They know who they are, and hopefully they won't do it again. That's my view.
mr d Apr 2021 3:50pm, 8 Apr 2021 4,720 posts	0 mr d Still trying to work out what's been done and how it was spotted when the app struggles to determine a good from a bad move a lot of times.
JulesR Apr 2021 3:52pm, 8 Apr 2021 26,122 posts	0 JulesR That’s my point before. I know we all think that using engines is wrong, but it must be easy for some to feel under pressure on results/ratings to get sucked in more & more. I’m not convinced that a chess.com life ban is not over harsh rather than a ‘do that one more time & your out’ message.
iRicey Apr 2021 3:53pm, 8 Apr 2021 502 posts	0 iRicey I've had that email a couple of times before (but not today). I'm not sure what chess.com does to the 'guilty' party - does it confiscate a load of rating points, or suspend/ban them?
mr d Apr 2021 3:54pm, 8 Apr 2021 4,721 posts	0 mr d Probably depends if they've paid a subscription and how many times they've done it.
SPR Apr 2021 3:59pm, 8 Apr 2021 33,861 posts	0 SPR chess.com and lichess take this stuff very seriously. I can say how accurate they are but I'd say subscription status doesn't really come into it.
JulesR Apr 2021 4:01pm, 8 Apr 2021 26,123 posts	0 JulesR I think it’s a life ban as people I know on there have just got a ‘closed for fair play’ message & all their current games default. The chess.com detection system is a can of worms, but they have sophisticated detection methods as it has to be justified up to people suing them in extreme cases. I’ve had a couple online opponents banned who definitely weren’t cheating against me as they lost & seemed like good guys.
Joophy Apr 2021 4:01pm, 8 Apr 2021 361 posts	0 Joophy I've found who it is from looking at the completed games of some of the people affected. They've played with 96% or more accuracy for the past 3 weeks in almost every game after being closer to 50% a few times prior to that. They could have been making the effort to learn all the theory around one opening though?
SPR Apr 2021 4:02pm, 8 Apr 2021 33,862 posts	0 SPR support.chess.com