What do I need to know about Fair Play on Chess.com?
What do I need to know about Fair Play on Chess.com?
What are the rules?
No chess programs or engines (e.g. Chessmaster, Fritz, Komodo, Houdini, Stockfish, Chessbase with any active UCI engine, etc.) can be used to analyze positions in ongoing games at any time.
How do I report someone whom I do not believe to be playing by the Fair Play rules above?
If you have reason to believe someone is referencing the illegal assistance of engine analysis, please report them to Chess.com by clicking on their user name and clicking on more then click on report. Chess.com Foul Play Detection Staff will conduct a thorough investigation, gathering statistics and reports on said user, keeping all findings confidential, taking appropriate action against the reported user if/when a concrete assessment has been made.
Please do not discuss your suspicions in the forums!
Please do not make public accusations on a users wall or in their notes!
Please do not make public accusations of any username in public chat in Live Chess (while observing a game or playing a game)!
Any of the above described public accusations / actions against a member may lead to your own account being restricted, regardless of what is found against the accused.
How does Chess.com detect foul play?
Part of Chess.com analysis involves comparing human moves to computer moves and looking at the statistical significance of said moves.
To remain effective, other aspects of Chess.com detection methods are confidential.
How often does Chess.com catch Fair Play abusers?
Chess.com work hard to keep Chess.com a safe and positive community for chess players around the world, and are sad whenever any account is closed. That said, the process of investigating the fair play of members is a never ending one!
Chess.com employs nine full time salary employees dedicated to the research, prevention, and ultimately, the closure of accounts found to have accessed illegal assistance during their chess games. Their team is constantly going through the games of top players, submitting those games into the "Fair Play Detection System", and evaluating clean play vs non-clean play.
They close over 1000 accounts each week (including those of premium members, and even Titled members). REMEMBER STAY CLEAN, STAY SAFE AND PLAY CHESS!
