Are we allowed to use engines against computer-opponents?

https://support.chess.com/article/317-what-counts-as-cheating-on-chess-com

I think your limited to the engine-vs-engine tournament.

I doubt anyone under 2000 FIDE would get much insight from watching engine-vs-engine games.

Engines play killer tactics and positional play beyond most human understanding. Your better off learning stuff geared to your skill level.

To find tactics on a board, you have to know what your looking for.

A 3 move tactic rated 1900 is unlikely to be found by someone rated 1200, even it seems, to the 1200, "obvious" after looking looking at the solution.

Since the bots play the same opening moves in response to you, i'm more interested in seeing opening variations in play instead of spamming games until someone plays the opening i'm trying to learn. UpbeatAngle's answer was correct, it looks like I can use an engine while playing against the computer.

The only way to practice an opening is by forcing a chess engine to play a specific opening. The most common way is by loading an opening book with only the opening your studying.

But just about any other lesson/video, etc. would more useful to learn an opening.

@Caesar49bc Funny you say that I am rated 1200 and I find tactics rated 1900 doable, averaging around a minute. Maybe I am just bad at positional play or other aspects of the game I guess, I am trying to work on that atm.

I think that such a difference between tactics rating and play rating is perfectly normal. I also have that and I've seen it on many other accounts as well. As always, you can't compare different rating pools directly.

@Sred I agree

omg we don't care about your rating when the question is ''Are we allowed to use engines against computer-opponents?''. Please DM people if you want to tell them youre good for a 1200. Please answer : IS IT YES OR NO !?

yeah becuase its unrated

For anyone who wants a quick answer, it is : 

Unrated Games, and Unrated Tactics 
Unrated tactics, unrated games where both parties are aware that assistance is being used, and games against the computer personalities are the only exceptions to the above rules. Since these games and tactics are not rated, and do not affect the rating of any other players on the site, you are free to experiment with whatever tools, and learn however you choose!

However, as mentioned above, if you are going to use assistance against another person, you MUST let them know beforehand! 

Thank you @UpbeatAngle

So can someone explicitly and clearly state whether you can use an engine to assist you vs a computer opponent without getting banned?

I have done 2300 rated puzzles and I am only 1000 rated in blitz, bullet, rapid, and daily