Also here is a link to the tournament I played in, you can check it out. https://www.chess.com/tournament/live/100-chess960-6280385
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@WYSunrise Constructive, because I don't use emotions, but possible solutions to the situation. In addition, your words that "this is all criticism" are a lie. After all, I offered possible solutions.
@1stRaven Maybe, I can't prove it for sure right now. But I know how the blocking system works on Lichess. All blocked accounts there don't stop working, but continue to play, but with the same cheaters as them. This means that it can take a long time before they realize that they are blocked. And how does it work on Chess.com? You just get a message that your account is blocked. And after that, the cheater goes to create a new account for cheating. In this case, Lichess has a clear advantage. But, of course, cheaters will be everywhere.
Is that how Lichess works against cheaters? That's actually a really clever idea. Cheaters will play chess, so only pair them with other cheaters
@TheOtherAlysCooper Although even such a system does not completely solve the problem, it is quite original and effective.
Like you say, when they notice they'll set up a new account. But until they do, that cheater isn't playing against regular players. Much better than immediate ban and they're back on in a few mins with a new account. The chances are if someone is banned and then a new account is created from the same IP within an hour, it's going to be the same player.
@TheOtherAlysCooper That's right, it seems like you're good at IT.
Excuse me? I've had one account since I set up my chess.con account
@TheOtherAlysCooper The path of true morality is not when you have never made a single mistake in your life. It is when you learn from your mistakes and never repeat them again. I made that mistake too.
Sorry, you've confused me a bit here. I thought we were talking about cheating on chess websites and apps. In general I try to better myself from my mistakes.
If you meaning writing chess.con, I misspelled the word and left it because chess.com puts making money before creating the best chess website.
No, I meant creating a second account.
So I would be more moral in your eyes if I created a second account and then deleted it? I have no need to create a second chess.com account. If I was worried about my rating fluctuating, I would only play games on lichess when I'm having bad days. What need is there for multiple accounts on one site when there are multiple sites to play on?
Ok, ok. Sorry I misunderstood. Problems with English.
Guess the mistake I never learn from is assuming I can have a nice conversation with strangers.
I understand. Apologies for my last message, I sent it before I noticed your response.
Excuse me, can I ask you how many languages you speak? For example, I speak Ukrainian well. And I speak English poorly, so I made a mistake. I thought that you created a second account, and therefore you know all these manipulations with IP addresses. I had no desire to mock or be ironic. After all, I created this forum for a specific purpose.
From unwillingness to play in Chess.com tournaments to unwillingness to play on Chess.com at all. A constructive decision by Oleksandr Nagorny.
Recently I played in a Fischer chess tournament. And once again I came across a problem when an account that was created literally before the tournament participates in the tournament. A person created an account, entered the tournament, defeated everyone and won the tournament. Cool, great. Every person knows that:
In the first case, it is shameful behavior and is blocked for it. In the second case, it is slightly dishonest behavior that leads to the fact that high-rated players have their ratings dropped.
So, I don't dare to claim that the player is a cheater or anything else. After all, my personal experiences mean little. But what about the reputation of Chess.com? Personally, I have lost the desire to play in tournaments, because almost every tournament some cheater enters there, who will be blocked tomorrow and will go create a new account. Then, after my personal feelings, there is an assumption. The assumption that people will then lose the desire to play chess, and at the same time play chess online, and go play chess in reality, on a wooden chessboard. Or, use another competing site, where cheaters are better monitored, and where better systems have been thought out on how to fight them.
I came here not to vent my emotions. Using the wonderful principle: “If you criticize, then propose a solution.” And I have some thoughts that will help to systematically improve the situation.
Now let's analyze the disadvantages of these options. In the first option, most cheaters will most likely go to play ordinary average games. And this does not solve the problem, because we throw cheaters out of tournaments into ordinary games for rating. But in this case, they will spoil the mood pointwise, individually, and not for the entire community at the tournament. But I emphasize that the problem does not disappear, but simply moves to another plane. The second option is too complicated, because programmers will have to do additional work to create separate tournament directions. And it is unlikely that the management of such a global site will agree to this. But when scammers discourage the desire to play on this site at all - this is a bigger problem.
Administrators and moderators, please bring this important information to the management, or at least respond if there are any problems implementing it. I want to understand why I trained for 6 years, reached a certain level, and now a bunch of players who created an account yesterday can come and beat me. But that's something that some philosopher has to answer. But this is the question that you, the administrators, have to answer: why does Chess.com allow cheaters?
Chess.com users, if you have any additional ideas or criticisms of my proposal - I would be happy to hear them here on this forum.