Possible solution to cut down on the cheating

I came up with this idea the other day. Some people won't like it, but I believe it will reduce the number of serious players who cheat.

- Create an option to pay a deposit. If you get caught cheating, you lose the deposit. The idea is that if someone gets caught cheating it hits them in the wallet.

Let's say the deposit is $200.

If you pay the $200 deposit, you get access to a pool of players who have also paid the $200.

If you are in the deposit pool, you have two options:

1. To play only against others in the pool (A feature you can turn on in the settings)

2. To play against anyone regardless if they are in the pool or not. Your choice. (Turn off the setting).

There would not be too many people willing to pay the $200 and then cheat knowing they risk losing the money.

If you pay the $200, you are making a statement about your dedication to fair play. You earn a badge for paying the deposit that gets displayed next to your username, which in turn inspires others to pay the deposit so they too can get the fair play badge.

The fee should be waived for GM, WGM, IM and WIM. These titled players are automatically in the pool and they automatically get the badge. Although some GM's and IM's have been busted for cheating, the volume of these people is very low. After the Hans incident, it should be at it's lowest.

All other titled players (FM's, WFM's, etc) are in general population and can only get into the pool by paying the deposit. Most of them will pay it.

So now, if you don't pay the deposit you don't have access to games with GM's, IM's and other strong players who have opted to lay down the $200 and get in the pool.

Now let's say after 2 years of fair play, you get the $200 refunded to you. You then earn another badge which shows that you paid the $200 and completed the 2 year commitment.

Of course, this system is not perfect. There will still be some people who put in their 2 years and then start cheating. There's also those in the pool who'll glance at an engine in a critical position looking for that one move they can't find on their own. There's also people who would be willing to pay the $200 and then do their best to out-smart the cheat detection. There's also the occasional kid who gets his hands on his parents credit card and pays the $200 only to get into the pool and start cheating. But the volume of people willing to do these things would be very low.

The bottom line is that there needs to be consequences for cheating. There's no better way to do it than by hitting someone in the pocketbook.

that's garbage

Explain why.

Not to mini-mod, but I don't think the moderators would like to see any sort of discussion of cheating in public forums.

Also, that might just make it p2w. Like, why would I deposit?

No I am joking. But the idea is kinda weird though. Moreover, chess.com can't keep your money without paying fees when exchanging money between user and server. So if you want to get back your money, you won't get 200$.

By the way, sorry my english is poor....

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

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