gycho wrote:
I feel your pain. I think the guy ought to be banned. However, do you really expect Chess.com to ban a paying member? Yes, I'd like to make less money please! It's obvious the admins are chess fans, but how long would this site stay up if they started chopping at their subscription base?
On a somewhat related note: What stops people from cheating by opening up a game using Chessmaster or something like that and just mimicing the moves, essentially forcing your opponent to play the game engine instead of a real person?
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Technically nothing. However, it is fairly easy to tell if players are using an engine. If not during the game, afterwards when you go over your own games. If a 1400 rated player matches Houdini's top move every turn, then it is obvious they are cheating. In which case chess.com will ban them.
I feel your pain. I think the guy ought to be banned. However, do you really expect Chess.com to ban a paying member? Yes, I'd like to make less money please! It's obvious the admins are chess fans, but how long would this site stay up if they started chopping at their subscription base?
On a somewhat related note: What stops people from cheating by opening up a game using Chessmaster or something like that and just mimicing the moves, essentially forcing your opponent to play the game engine instead of a real person?