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Darth_Algar
Derekjj wrote:

I have recently spoken to a chess.com employee. He told me that 80% of the members here cheat.

Uh-huh, I'm sure you have.

The more likely sceneario is that 80% of the users here just aren't as good as they think they are.

Nekhemevich
Smellfungus wrote:

How does one cheat in blitz?  

 They have these programs that play for them. They don't even have to be there. They're called blitz bots.

hemidemisemiquaver1
Smellfungus wrote:

How does one cheat in blitz?  

Get out of here..

Dodger111

No such thing as a chess site that doesn't have some cheating going on, so what's your alternative, quit playing online? 

Darth_Algar
Badukdestroyer wrote:

Plot twist: All these "cheating accounts" are really just GMs who don't want to be known and purposely make mistakes so that they're at 2200

To be honest I imagine there are quite a few accounts set up by GMs to play anonymously. Magnus Carlsen has said he does it quite a bit. I doubt few of these accounts are ever used long enough to build up much of a rating.

hemidemisemiquaver1
Badukdestroyer wrote:

Plot twist: All these "cheating accounts" are really just GMs who don't want to be known and purposely make mistakes so that they're at 2200

Riighht... so I take it you play many 2200's on this site..? 

mcmodern

How do you know they are cheating, have you gone over your games and see what level your opponents are playing at?

torrubirubi

I met a guy who plays blitz (but not here). He told me he uses a book to play the openings, even if he usually loose by time. He said he is only interested in learning the lines and not necessarily to win. Do you also use a book when playing blitz?

Pulpofeira

Strange way to learn the lines I'd say. I think he could take more advantage of it by playing slow time controls anyway.

torrubirubi
The point is: are other players doing the same? I would also like to use my reperoire book to go through the first 7 moves of my games. In any case, I almost stopped playing online, as I have the impression that cheating is very widespread😭
Pulpofeira

Well, not me, I try to use what I'm able to remember.

nobodyreally
Pulpofeira wrote:

Well, not me, I try to use what I'm able to remember.

No denying that. Embarassed

Nekhemevich

Well for me I try to post something that really matters, so I can receive the witticisms of really smart mofo's

torrubirubi

Ok, but if somebody is using a book, he will probably not confess here, would he? I just wonder how much time some people use to "think" in blitz - perhaps enogh time to check the Lines in chapter 5. This people would say thry do nötig cheat using computers...

mcmodern
torrubirubi wrote:

Ok, but if somebody is using a book, he will probably not confess here, would he? I just wonder how much time some people use to "think" in blitz - perhaps enogh time to check the Lines in chapter 5. This people would say thry do nötig cheat using computers...

 Does it matter that much? 

torrubirubi

Nekhemevich wrote:

Well for me I try to post something that really matters, so I can receive the witticisms of really smart mofo's

I am trying to find out "what really matters", this is why I am asking...

mcmodern

You are rated under 1700 in blitz, how many cheaters are going to try to get that under 1800 ratings here? I have played many over 2000 rated blitz players here, I would say 99% of them are not cheaters. Just because you lost does not mean the other person is a cheater. I have had several people say I am am cheating when in fact they lost in some lines I know by heart. One game I believe I had a winning position in under 10 sec time spend when I premoved first 17 or 18 moves.

Nekhemevich
mcmodern wrote:

You are rated under 1700 in blitz, how many cheaters are going to try to get that under 1800 ratings here? I have played many over 2000 rated blitz players here, I would say 99% of them are not cheaters. Just because you lost does not mean the other person is a cheater. I have had several people say I am am cheating when in fact they lost in some lines I know by heart. One game I believe I had a winning position in under 10 sec time spend when I premoved first 17 or 18 moves.

 because they are on their way up from opening a new account per having the last one restricted for the same behavior. I would also like to add they don't even have to be at the computer to cheat. Ders these bots that do it for them.

Nekhemevich

I will also add that these people are terrorists. Their purpose is to cause harm.

Nekhemevich

that's why I recommend swearing at them to see if the player is real or not.