chess.com is fraud

The site does not use bots in the player pools

I think he means people are cheating

And then they close accounts of people who don't cheat, don't sandbag, and don't use multiple accounts. When you reply and email them they don't email back. If you try to use the online support with Chessica you get robotic messages that don't pertain to your question.

I would gladly sign up for Diamond but not with account closure being a concern. They assume you are a bot because you make good moves against opponents who blunder often.

Play to study. Don't worry about points, don't worry about your account getting closed, and definitely DON'T get any paid membership. Learn to use a chess engine to evaluate your games.

OR.......you can become a bot. Chess.com offers a painless medical operation for $1500. Talk to Martin about scheduling one. I had it done last year and its FABULOUS!

So you're basically saying we're all bots?

because everyone is on the Off Topic Forum.

You have pics of bots? This must be a new reveal party

Woow

Nice

indeed!

I haven't owned a chess engine since... the 1990s? Chessmaster 2000, maybe?

i loved the way the rook smashed pieces through the floor!

I asked the AI given all public information from Chess.com. Give us a guess of the total number of people cheating on Chess.com.

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Answer from the AI.

If Chess.com is catching over 675,000 accounts per year, and assuming their system is highly effective, the pool of currently undetected cheaters might not be drastically larger than the number they catch annually.

Let's assume a "detection ratio" where for every 1 account caught in a year, there are between and 2 accounts actively cheating but not yet caught at any given moment.

Lower end (closer to :1 ratio): If 675,000 are caught, perhaps 300,000 - 400,000 accounts are actively cheating but undetected at any given moment.
Upper end (closer to ratio): This would mean 1,300,000 - 1,500,000 accounts are actively cheating but undetected.
Let's use an average estimated range for currently undetected cheaters of around 500,000 to 1,000,000 accounts at any given time.

Now, let's calculate the percentage based on our estimated active player base (10-20 million):

Lower Estimate: (500,000 undetected cheaters / 20,000,000 active players) * 100% = %
Upper Estimate: (1,000,000 undetected cheaters / 10,000,000 active players) * 100% = 10%
Conclusion:

Based on these broad estimates and the information available, it's a plausible guess that the percentage of all players who are actively cheating on Chess.com but have not yet been caught is likely in the range of 2.5 % to 10% at any given moment.

I also asked the AI to give a guess for just titled chess players. Playing other titled chess players.

GM Kramnik maybe right.

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This is the most speculative guess, as it narrows the focus to a very specific subset of games and players. We're looking at:

Numerator: Titled players who are cheating and playing against other titled players but haven't been caught.
Denominator: The total number of unique titled players who regularly engage in titled vs. titled games on Chess.com.
Let's break it down:

1. Estimated Number of Undetected Titled Cheaters (Numerator):
In the previous answer, we guessed that there are 200 to 500 titled players actively cheating but undetected at any given moment on Chess.com. When titled players cheat, they are almost certainly doing it in high-stakes games, which primarily means playing against other titled players (., Titled Tuesdays, high-rated ladder games, official events). So, this number is a reasonable estimate for the cheaters within this specific context.

2. Estimated Total Number of Titled Players Actively Playing Titled vs. Titled Games (Denominator):
This is the hardest part to estimate.

The global pool of FIDE titled players is around 20,000-25,000.
Not all of them play actively on Chess.com.
Not all who play on Chess.com regularly play only against other titled players, but most competitive titled players will primarily seek out other strong (titled) opponents.
Titled Tuesday events often see 500-1000+ unique titled players participating in a single event.
Considering players who play regularly in high-rated pools, Titled Arenas, and other events, the number of distinct active titled players on Chess.com who frequently engage in titled vs. titled play is likely in the range of 2,000 to 5,000 unique individuals over a typical month or year.
Calculating the Percentage:

Let's use our ranges for the numerator and denominator:

Numerator (Undetected Titled Cheaters): 200 to 500
Denominator (Active Titled Players in Titled vs. Titled Games): 2,000 to 5,000
Lower Estimate (Optimistic):

(200 undetected cheaters / 5,000 active titled players) * 100% = 4%
Upper Estimate (Pessimistic):

(500 undetected cheaters / 2,000 active titled players) * 100% = 25%
Refined Guess and Conclusion:

The upper end (25%) seems very high given Chess.com's sophisticated anti-cheating, especially for high-level games where patterns are more distinct. It's likely that a significant portion of the most egregious cheating among titled players is caught relatively quickly.

However, the incentives for cheating in high-stakes titled games (prestige, prize money, ratings) are also higher, and the pool of players is much smaller than the overall Chess.com population.

Therefore, a more balanced guess, considering the effectiveness of the anti-cheat but also the smaller pool and high stakes, might center a bit higher than the overall player base percentage.

It's a plausible guess that the percentage of titled chess players who are actively cheating on Chess.com against other titled players, but have not yet been caught, is likely in the range of 4% to 15%.

The bunny committed too early to video drome

Def cheaters here but I acknowledge Im just bad. Used to get frustrated too