Is using engines allowed?

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rent52

The legal terms on the website say, and I quote,

"You can NEVER use chess programs (Chessmaster, Fritz, etc) to analyze current ongoing games unless specifically permitted (such as a computer tournament, etc). The only type of computer assistance allowed is games databases for opening lines in Turn-based Chess and Vote Chess. You cannot receive ANY outside assistance on Live Chess games.".

So yes, it can be considered cheating and you can get your account closed.

2Nf31-0

I just realized that this is allowed

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/cheaters-championship