weekend level change

Hey, chess.com, do you just turn off fair play for the weekends? Or do 800 level blitz players and 1300 level rapid players just suddenly ALL turn into GMs on Saturday nights? Seriously, look into this. You guys talk about your statistical analysis like it can detect everyone cheating, but do you look at days and times? I’ve certainly noticed a pattern in my own experience where it’s just like a completely different game on the weekends. I’m doing ok, and improving and learning, getting win streaks, slowly climbing rating the whole week, the Saturday I just eat a dozen unbelievable losses and go right back to where I started. Something’s up, and it really needs to be addressed.

The perception of cheating levels is orders of magnitude more than the actual amount. The vast majority of games and players are clean.

https://support.chess.com/article/648-what-do-i-need-to-know-about-fair-play-on-chess-com

https://www.chess.com/article/view/online-chess-cheating

https://www.chess.com/article/view/chesscom-update-september-2025

The site closed more than 123,000 accounts in August for fair play violations and has a full team of staff working on reports along with some automated systems for detection.

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

https://www.chess.com/cheating

That said, discussions of cheating, potential cheating, or cheat detection are not allowed in the general forums. If you would like to discuss join the following club

https://www.chess.com/club/cheating-forum