That must be it, not playing poorly, or obvious pre moves
Do you have any examples?
Check this. Guy was a queen down, lost position. Then... stop playing. After some 20 seconds I thought "this guy won't play anymore just stall". I went to another page do other stuff. Then after some time I heard the clock 20-secs warning and.. . I KNEW IT was my clock. Because I saw it before. They wait you change page, go do other stuff than they move to run your clock.
THEY MONITORE YOU.
https://www.chess.com/live?#g=3225711926
That's just your imagination. Stalling then making a move to check if the opponent is paying attention is a very common tactic.
Here's another one (although you probably wont see it at 1300 level)
It would be but it happens time and again. They just move if u leave the page and immediately. Try monitore it with two computers
Even though the whole suggestion is beyond ridiculous, why not just stay on the page if you’re that paranoid?
Even though the whole suggestion is beyond ridiculous, why not just stay on the page if you’re that paranoid?
Agreed
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I was suspecting it quite a time but it seems some accounts here are seeing our pre-moves, where our cursor goes, etc.