I smell a rat
just one?
Wait, am I reading this right? Did the OP use his friends engine to beat a 900, then accuse the 900 of cheating?
I sent this to the administrators...
Hello at Chess.com
I never thought I would write you about this or take this kind of action but I think this needs attention. I am an amateur player. Lately I have noticed more and more odd things. I used to be able to hang around the 1200 mark at blitz. I have my ups and downs ( I lost over 200 points lately) but I have been playing against similar rated players that have miraculously become grandmasters? Seriously, moves that my 2200 rated friend would not think of. In my last game, I played a 957 rated player and immediately I smelled a rat. I borrowed my friends iPhone (it has a chess computer) and asked him to play along with this player. He systematically played every correct move against my friends computer. I guess my friends software was better than this guy's. Please check out my last game which I won on time...Except for the opening moves, not one move is mine yet this guys managed to keep up. I believe this has become rampant and really is annoying. I'm tired of getting destroyed by expert to master level play at the 1100 mark. Please check out my game against xxx
Thanks
Quoted to document this for posterity.
takes THE rat to catch a rat
https://www.chess.com/members/view/ratatouie
i'm not smelling rat but i do HEAR a lot of em ...
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I sent this to the administrators...
Hello at Chess.com
I never thought I would write you about this or take this kind of action but I think this needs attention. I am an amateur player. Lately I have noticed more and more odd things. I used to be able to hang around the 1200 mark at blitz. I have my ups and downs ( I lost over 200 points lately) but I have been playing against similar rated players that have miraculously become grandmasters? Seriously, moves that my 2200 rated friend would not think of. In my last game, I played a 957 rated player and immediately I smelled a rat. I borrowed my friends iPhone (it has a chess computer) and asked him to play along with this player. He systematically played every correct move against my friends computer. I guess my friends software was better than this guy's. Please check out my last game which I won on time...Except for the opening moves, not one move is mine yet this guys managed to keep up. I believe this has become rampant and really is annoying. I'm tired of getting destroyed by expert to master level play at the 1100 mark. Please check out my game against [edit - please do not name and shame members of Chess.com - if you suspect someone is cheating, please report it to us at support@chess.com , or submit a ticket through the "Help" link at the bottom of any page.]
Thanks