BTW, the complete game I mentioned isn't even available on chessgame.com; they have this note after move 60:
"Game incomplete, both players finished with King and Knight when black’s flag fell. The game was initally declared drawn by the arbiters and but on appeal Socko went through from this Armageddon game."
Chess.com takes cheating very seriously: see
https://www.chess.com/blog/News/new-tools-for-fair-play-on-chess-com
https://www.chess.com/article/view/chess-com-fair-play-and-cheat-detection
https://support.chess.com/customer/en/portal/articles/1444879-fair-play-on-chess-com-what-you-need-to-know
https://www.chess.com/blog/DanielRensch/cheating-on-chesscom
See also https://youtu.be/lYR09lIBsek
Cheaters are banned when they are detected. There are various tools that are used to keep them from returning without permission; these tools are familiar to anyone who has run an online forum.
However, discussions of cheating in the main forum is not permitted, as it tends to become very heated and result in lots of public accusations, many of which are completely unfounded; you might be surprised how many cheating reports we get about low-rated players after a game that was a complete blunderfest. If all these reports were aired in public, it would just cause an ugly flame war. I am therefore locking this post.
To discuss the matter of cheating further, or to learn more about cheat detection, please join the Cheating Forum: https://www.chess.com/club/cheating-forum
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Thanks,
David, moderator
I would say in over 50% of my blitz losses I’ve been a piece up.
My opponents were very wise to not resign.