That must be it, not playing poorly, or obvious pre moves 
Do you have any examples?
Seeing pre-move
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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
Nov 18, 2018
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#4
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
Nov 18, 2018
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#6
Even though the whole suggestion is beyond ridiculous, why not just stay on the page if you’re that paranoid?
Nov 18, 2018
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#7
JamesColeman wrote:
Even though the whole suggestion is beyond ridiculous, why not just stay on the page if you’re that paranoid?
Agreed
Because that happens PRECISELY when I change the page.
So the smart asses are not reading the problem, just making random comments about it.
As expected.
I was suspecting it quite a time but it seems some accounts here are seeing our pre-moves, where our cursor goes, etc.