The rules permit the use of data bases. It's not unethical if it is permitted by the rules, but you can always make an agreement before a game starts to NOT use databases or some other conditions, and that's a lot of fun, in my opinion. By the way, I believe that just because a move is in a database doesn't mean it is a good move. I got crushed while following a database game that was a win in the database, but the position was actually lost. It served me right! ...lol
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Would it be considered cheating using the chess.com game explorer database during a game your playing? Haven't done this yet due to ethics, but wondered what you guys think? More experienced player have game analysis stored in memory to turn to for help during a game, its not the same I know, but for those of us who cant commit that much brain space to memorizing games, this could be useful for learning. Discuss..