Banning accounts
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Chessmobsta
Oct 24, 2025
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How does chess. com detect and ban the accounts that cheats using stockfish or sand manipulation? what type of technology is used and what technologies are to be invested in the future ?
Inb4thelock
Oct 24, 2025
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#3
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-october-2025#FairPlay
The site closed almost 125,000 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