Cheat Detection and Member Terms and Conditions

Now and then questions arise about opponents cheating. Chess.com does a lot of effort to minimise cheating. Review this article, including some testimonies and confessions:

https://www.chess.com/article/view/chess-com-fair-play-and-cheat-detection

Below is also an extract from the Member Terms and Conditions for Chess.com

https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/chesscom-member-terms-and-conditions

No Cheating or Computer Help

You can NEVER use chess programs (Chessmaster, Fritz, etc) to analyze current ongoing games ... The only type of computer assistance allowed is games databases for opening lines in Turn-based Chess and Vote Chess. You cannot receive ANY outside assistance on Live Chess games.

For those interested to see how chess.com fought cheating and abuse, see this report.

https://www.chess.com/blog/monitor/state-of-chess-com-anti-abuse-report-for-2018