Site Playing Rules: A Guide for the Perplexed

Submitted by artfizz on Sat, 02/14/2009 at 5:09am.

Resource	What is it?	Is it permitted DURING Turn-Based (and Vote Chess) play?	Is it permitted DURING LiveChess play?
Asking another person for advice	Includes discussing a game-in-progress in the chess.com Forums	NO* (except during VoteChess - when discussion WITHIN the team is expected)	NO
Books	This is a static resource and involves no calculation of best move.	YES	NO
Chess Engine (chess computer) the move calculator inside such programs as Fritz, ChessMaster	Software (or free-standing gadget) that calculates the best move from a given position	NO (except by agreement of both players, where specifically arranged and must be UNRATED games e.g. in a tournament created for that purpose)	NO
Conditional Moves (Pre-Moves)	Setting your response in advance to one or more of your opponent’s moves	YES	YES
Internet articles; Google searches	This is a static resource and involves no calculation of best move.	YES	NO
Openings Database e.g. Game Explorer	A database (or collection) of previous games, that is searchable. It covers Opening Lines only i.e. the initial few moves.	YES	NO
Separate board for analysis e.g. chess.com’s Analysis Board		YES	NO
TableBases (Endings Database)	The results from an analysis of end games (stored in a database) in which the sequence of moves to achieve the best outcome has been calculated	NO	NO

http://support.chess.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=17&nav=0,6

ARTREF: WHAT IS ALLOWED

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/tournaments/games-explorer

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/what-are-chess-engines

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by suzettemy - 3 months ago
Concord, Massachusetts United States

Member Since: Nov 2009
Member Points: 2753

Praxis is a chess.com group that is dedicated to playing chess as close to over the board as possible. All like minded players, regardless of rating, are welcome at Praxis.

by artfizz - 19 months ago
South (GMT) +rT United Kingdom

Member Since: May 2008
Member Points: 8363

UPDATED/CORRECTED VERSION OF THE RULES ...

Resource	What is it?	Is it permitted DURING Turn-Based (and Vote Chess) play?	Is it permitted DURING LiveChess play?
Asking another person for advice	Includes discussing a game-in-progress in the chess.com Forums	NO* (except during VoteChess - when discussion WITHIN the team is expected)	NO
Books	This is a static resource and involves no calculation of best move.	YES	NO
Chess Engine (chess computer) the move evaluator within e.g. Fritz, ChessMaster, etc.	Software (or free-standing gadget) that calculates the best move from a given position	NO (except by agreement of both players, where specifically arranged and must be UNRATED games e.g. in a tournament created for that purpose)	NO
Conditional Moves (Pre-Moves)	Setting your response in advance to one or more of your opponent’s moves	YES	YES
Internet articles; Google searches	This is a static resource and involves no calculation of best move.	YES	NO
Games Database e.g. chess.com’s Game Explorer	A database (or collection) of previous games, that is searchable. It is most useful as an Opening Database. (For Vote Chess games, the Explore button takes you directly into Game Explorer at that position. For turn-based games, the click the Analyse button followed by Explore).	YES* (There is some debate about whether DBs containing engine-engine games are permitted).	NO
Separate board for analysis e.g. chess.com’s Analysis Board		YES	NO
TableBases (Endings Database)	The results from an analysis of end games (stored in a database) in which the sequence of moves to achieve the best outcome has been calculated	NO	NO

by JollyPlayer - 2 years ago
Southern Indiana United States

Member Since: Jul 2009
Member Points: 640

And if you played in a live tournament, you would be KILLED. Eventually you would be known as a cheater (980 Chess might bring that out) and no one would play you.

I get suspicious when someone wants a timeout, vacation or has been playing for an hour and you are down to the end game and they logoff for the day.

I joined the USCF so I could play tournaments and other players (there are clubs around here). If all my practice on Chess.com I depended on a computer, I would get killed in a real tourney.

But as in everything in life, some people would rather have a 2000 rating than learn how to play chess. Go figure.

by Christofoulos - 2 years ago
Toronto Canada

Member Since: Jan 2009
Member Points: 37

I had no idea that all of those resources could potentially be used by 'cheater'

Wouldnt it ruin the whole point of playing chess in the first place? I dont see how people can get enjoyment from beating people using an engine... what a waste of time just so you can have a high rating. Pretty pathetic actually.

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