Tournament Cheaters?

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This is more of a concern than an outright accusation but I'm suspicious of the ratings of two particular players in a tournament. I am enrolled in the 48th Chess.com Tournament 1201-1300. Note, that I have not played either of these people so this isn't a case of being a sore loser.

There are two players who now have ratings that are 1600+ and that seems like incredibly rapid advancement. In fact, the highest ranked players is at 1672. Here's a link to the player list and you'll immediately see who I'm talking about.

Maybe everything is on the up & up but it should be looked in to.

Thank you.

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Difster wrote:

This is more of a concern than an outright accusation but I'm suspicious of the ratings of two particular players in a tournament. I am enrolled in the 48th Chess.com Tournament 1201-1300. Note, that I have not played either of these people so this isn't a case of being a sore loser.

There are two players who now have ratings that are 1600+ and that seems like incredibly rapid advancement. In fact, the highest ranked players is at 1672. Here's a link to the player list and you'll immediately see who I'm talking about.

Maybe everything is on the up & up but it should be looked in to.

Thank you.

 

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https://www.chess.com/club/cheating-forum

 

Chess.com takes cheating very seriously:

 

https://www.chess.com/article/view/chess-com-fair-play-and-cheat-detection

 

https://support.chess.com/article/648-what-do-i-need-to-know-about-fair-play-on-chess-com

 

To report a suspected cheater to the Support team, please select Report Abuse under the Help menu, click the report link on the player's profile, or use this link: https://support.chess.com/article/346-contact-us. All reports are investigated, even if there is no immediate visible action.

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That said, rapid advancement in a tourney is not uncommon due to high RD values on new accounts.

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