Half players i play are cheating

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Avatar of carrascoBAD

Half of players i play are cheating and only 20-30% are banned, they need to improve their algorithm. And they should ban by IP, so cheaters can't play again..

Avatar of lacastle8

How do you know they are cheating?

Avatar of Martin_Stahl

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-april-2026#FairPlay

The site closed over 130,000 accounts in March for fair play violations and has a full team of staff working on reports along with some automated systems for detection. They are also constantly working on improving the systems in place and the speed of 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

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