Engine Users

I am so tired of playing obvious cheats.  I want to filter out people who have a rating less than 1100 within the last 6 months.   This is pathetic, I play players that cycle between 1300 and 900 and back to 1300 in a 3 month period.  This is bull.   You can beat a 900 or even 1000 easily.  But they are kicking my ass on the clock and play.  Then on review of the game they are coming up as playing as 1800 rating or higher.  How are these people not caught?  Clearly cheat programs will play to not get caught by adding in error moves.  When I put the game into AI, it catches these people.

I might be wrong but this thread wont last long

If you feel that any other member is using disallowed resources you should report them.

https://support.chess.com/en/articles/8562517-how-do-i-report-someone

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-july-2025#FairPlay

The site closed more than 118,000 accounts in June 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