Low rated players winning tournaments
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Feb 12, 2025
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I’ve seen this too. I don’t actually know but I think that they are hacking?
Someone might have been a strong player before but took a break, lost rating due to inactivity, and now plays at their true strength.
I stopped playing in the tournaments when I noticed 500 rated players were hitting 90% accuracy in EVERY SINGLE game in a tournament and take first place. It happened in every tournement I played in until I realised I was playing against a bunch of cheats.
Oops, I said the word 'cheat' so now a mod will lock this thread and tell us all to join a club. A CLUB?
ChessMasteryOfficial wrote:
Someone might have been a strong player before but took a break, lost rating due to inactivity, and now plays at their true strength.
Very bad answer.
The real reason is that many tournaments on chess.com are "Arena" format, where players are paired with players of similar ratings.
https://support.chess.com/en/articles/8562889-what-are-arena-tournaments
Sounds weird and bad? Yeah. No wonder that this format isn't played anywhere else, only on chess.com.
Chess147 wrote:
Oops, I said the word 'cheat' so now a mod will lock this thread and tell us all to join a club. A CLUB?
Hopefully the mod that comes along will "tell" you to not use the forums for a month.
magipi wrote:
Chess147 wrote:
Oops, I said the word 'cheat' so now a mod will lock this thread and tell us all to join a club. A CLUB?
Hopefully the mod that comes along will "tell" you to not use the forums for a month.
Not sure how to take that. Care to elaborate?
Chess147 wrote:
magipi wrote:
Chess147 wrote:
Oops, I said the word 'cheat' so now a mod will lock this thread and tell us all to join a club. A CLUB?
Hopefully the mod that comes along will "tell" you to not use the forums for a month.
Not sure how to take that. Care to elaborate?
Breaking the rules of the site again and again and again and then bragging about it is a sure way to get yourself muted. Unfortunately, our moderators are not up to the task.
magipi wrote:
Chess147 wrote:
magipi wrote:
Chess147 wrote:
Oops, I said the word 'cheat' so now a mod will lock this thread and tell us all to join a club. A CLUB?
Hopefully the mod that comes along will "tell" you to not use the forums for a month.
Not sure how to take that. Care to elaborate?
Breaking the rules of the site again and again and again and then bragging about it is a sure way to get yourself muted. Unfortunately, our moderators are not up to the task.
I still don't understand what you mean because if someone breaks the site rules 'again and again' they deserve more than a forum ban for a month. They deserve a permanent ban from the entire site.
Hi,
I notice that in virtually every tournament there are ~500 (or even worse) rated players doing very well. Also, their game history does not align with this at all. Is this just sandbagging?