This tasking bs has to stop!!!

something has to be done about this. I'm sick of it. At least 1 in 5 players I play do it. The latest is [public accusations not allowed -- MOD]. Playing that player right now. This is pathetic!

What he said.

Im gonna go with cheating...

The most commonly used method of online cheating task switching. They have a chess program running in the background. You make a move & they switch to their chess program and their computer makes a move. You can tell a player is tasking when they continually disconnect. You move. They disconnect & reconnect & make a move quickly after. So fast, that unless they have a photographic memory - making such a move is impossible. And of course these moves r always excellent moves. If they keep doing it - u will not win. The problem is widespread. And of course pathetic.

Wow, lol, people are so paranoid.

Cheating exists, for sure, but switching does not disconnect you briefly for some reason... I really don't know why some people think this.

Looking at the last game you lost, you lost to simple tactics anyone could play. Also, with 12 minutes left on your clock you let your time run out... classy.

We were all there once, don't worry. Look up the opening principals (the center, development, and castling) and learn the basic tactic motifs (like fork, pin, discovered attack, and removing the defender). This doesn't take much time and makes chess a lot of fun. You'll also improve a lot.

https://www.chess.com/article/view/the-principles-of-the-opening

https://www.chess.com/article/view/study-plan-for-beginners-tactics2

Thanks for ur constructive criticism 0110000..... Much appreciated. Sorry if u think I'm "paranoid". I was just trying to make this a better site. Nothing like attacking the messenger oh wise one. Good way to kill the conversation. If u go back & look at my texting players that were continually disconnecting before this last game, every one stopped disconnecting after I called them out on it. Every one. The first one was beating me until he stopped disconnecting - then I crushed him. I later found out that he was a 12 year old kid. His rating was somewhere in the 1200s but his level of play was more like 900.

Next time someone is trying to clean up the site & make it better - next time try discussing it w/o criticizing & calling names. More can be accomplished that way.

Tell somebody you think they are cheating in and of itself is against chess.com's rules.  As is discussing cheating anywhere besides the special cheating forum.  You are not "cleaning up the site" -- this is done by reporting cheaters through normal channels, with real evidence.

Hey Ryan.  You can't go and blame somebody of cheating without reasonable suspicion.  Also you can't post threads about cheating in the general discussion.  Sorry for being an a-hole

1. Disconnects and lag are common in live chess. That's the nature of the internet. In no way is it an indicator that someone is cheating.

2. No one can see your chat logs from your games.

3. You're losing not because your opponents are cheating, but because you play poorly and don't seem to even understand basic principals. Take some time to learn a little as 0110001101101000 suggests.

4. Calling out other players by name and accusing them of cheating in the public forums is poor sportsmanship and is against the rlues of this site. If you truly suspect someone of cheating (and aren't just upset at losing) then file a support ticket rather than naming-and-shaming.

5. You seem to lose on time a lot. Do you just sit there and let your clock run out when you're getting outplayed?

I don't believe the highlighted portion is an accurate statement.

A computer analysis of their games shows that they are NOT cheating. Stop making random accusations in the forums. 

I think we're both right to some extent.  On the page https://support.chess.com/customer/en/portal/articles/1444879-fair-play-on-chess-com-what-you-need-to-know?b_id=12321 it states "If persistent false accusations occur, you can report" it.  So maybe once doesn't qualify, but you know what: I'm reporting anybody that accuses me of cheating.  Because it might be a pattern for that person, they may be doing it to others, and then it could amount to "persistent false accusations".  It's a slippery slope.

I don't understand ur comment Robert. I never told you which players I played kept disconnecting. How can you state that they never cheated? Who r the players u r referring to???

Please note the message below that I found on this sight.... I assume that u all attacked this forum as much as mine... Let me know ur thoughts.

Black Listing Players

Your_Too_Slow2 | Apr 4, 2015 at 12:52 PM | Posted in: Your_Too_Slow2’s Blog | 1692 reads | 4 comments

Hi all, thanks for stoping by. Just want to bring to your attention the amount of cheating going on this server. Cheats get caught on a regular basis and once they get caught, they make new accounts repeating the whole cycle again.

I'm here to inform you on who not to play. These players for some reason are still on this server and haven't been banned for using an illegal engine, sophisticated software that's undetectable to chess.com technical support team, they also download expensive programs to avoid being caught. Please be aware of new player's, I personally wouldn't play them right away. Play with who you know on the server, that's the safest bet. I'm only pointing this out to everyone as a precautionary measure. Remember, not all player's are cheat.

I will list name's of who to avoid and not to play.

[list of names removed -- MOD]

, here is a player in chat admitting to using an engine, please read the following.

How do we get a mod in here to lock this thread?  Open a support ticket?

*facepalmheaddeskded*

Hello players... Please comment on Your_Too_Slow2 message from a year ago that I pasted in my last message...

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You wrote:

The OP made a similar complaint a few days ago. I looked at that game and no cheating was taking place. There's no cheating taking place now either. Get this through your paranoid head, PLAYERS RATED 1000 DO NOT CHEAT YOU JUST SUCK AT CHESS.