Reminder: Fair Play in Online Chess is Really Important!

I do get a lot of flak for reporting play that is suspect from other players, and even from a FIDE Master.  I am not always correct.  Sometimes I do get it right with a high percentage.  Sometimes I do not.  Then other times a few months later, those players get caught down the road.

My reasoning is that my arena's especially need to be as fair as possible.  Not only because I stream on twitch and multi-stream on youtube, so people watch.  But legit players want a fair playing field.

As well as I get a lot of chess players that participate that are not in my club, and most that come in, will never play in my arena's again if they experience cheating.  I want my unrated arena's to be as safe as possible for people that view those arena's, that also play in the arena's, and trust me to know that I have their back.  I am not always correct, but I do my best to make my unrated arena's as safe as I can.  I do get flak for it.  But I will take that responsibility and own it. 

I recieved notification out of the blue from chess.com in regards to my reporting of players that I believe were suspect.  I really appreciate that today.  Yea I was only 1 for 6,and more players cheated that I did not report, as I got 44 elo points of compensation. But, at least I put the effort up to try to make everyone's experience in my arena's that I now run 3 times a week, a positive experience.

Message from chess.com:
Dear MammothBonus,

In August, you were refunded 44 rating points due to playing opponents who were closed for fair play violations.

You also submitted fair play reports about 6 players, of which 1 were actioned and closed by the fair play team.

Thank you so much for being a valued member of our community. Reporting players helps keep the site clean and the game fair -- we appreciate you doing so and ask that you continue reporting when you believe something is wrong!

Best,

Chess.com Fair Play Team