Sandbagging is rife on chess.com
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Sandbagging is rife on chess.com, especially in the 600+ rated blitz games I’m playing. I can destroy players at this level, yet I regularly get smashed by players who when you check, have recently been rated as high as 1300! Yet all you ever hear from these discussions is deflection rather than accountability for the problem. I know that the YouTube link is coming, because it’s easier to deflect with that, than admit that this is a massive problem, that is easily proved…
Jul 20, 2025
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Discussions about potential cheating is not allowed in the general forums.
https://www.chess.com/legal/community
If you think your opponent is cheating/sandbagging, you can report them using the reporting feature.
https://support.chess.com/en/articles/8562517-how-do-i-report-someone
If you want to discuss about cheating and what can be done about it etc., you can do it here:
https://www.chess.com/club/cheating-forum