cheating epidemic


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-june-2025#FairPlay
The site closed more than 113,000 accounts in May 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
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
i'm really really getting pi$$ed off with all the cheating on 10 min rapid . Every opponant I have been offered today has joined in the past week or two . ! thats ridiculous. The last opponant I've reported for cheating as it is perfectly clear that he is rated considerably higher than his current rating. Whilst Chess.com are deciding his correct rating he is decimating every opponant and there is nothing you can do about it. After aborting 3x games due to opponants having less that a couple of weeks play time, ie 3 x days in one case, Chess.com decided to switch the abort button for a RESINN button so I inadvertantly gave a game away . Chess.com you need to sort this out .....there surely can't be only new members to play in 10minute rapid