is explorer cheating

Unnamed-Incognito · 2016-03-09T07:29:26-08:00

I have been using the explorer to learn common openings whilst playing correspondence chess. I have an opponent who says I'm cheating and likely to get banned... Do I need to worry??

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Aug 24, 2025

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MBWhitworth wrote:

I play my nephew at this format and recently discovered that he uses the Openings Explorer facility. It feels like cheating. Play should be as if over the board with no external aids. You give the excuse that, if people can cheat, they will, so let’s allow it. That’s a terrible attitude. Since I know he uses your opening database, I will feel entitled to use opening databases too. It’s a slippery slope and it’s a shame that you encourage it. You claim to be anti-cheating, but this is an exception where you encourage it.

You can find what is and isn't allowed via the "Daily Chess - Days per move" section in the following article: https://support.chess.com/en/articles/8583921-what-counts-as-cheating-on-chess-com