Proof Chess.com Has a Cheating Crisis.

Its just not good enough.

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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:16 Legitimate Player
02:34 Blatant Cheating
03:46 The Main Problem - Closet Cheating
12:34 Why Is This Important?
14:00 The Results
16:55 Why Is This Problematic?
19:32 The Solution
23:25 Outro

[Willeinhelm]

This rook sac in 3 seconds is hilarious xD this made it 100% obvious. the account is still not banned . i wonder when this happens. great video!

[Oscarplayschess]

The amount of elo I’ve lost to tilt started from cheaters is actually crazy

[tonynussbaum]

I got accused of cheating yesterday. Took it as a compliment.😂

[ResonantFrequency-snud]

I had a paid account and would always get refunded elo for cheaters.

I started a new account (unpaid) and haven't been refunded elo in 898 games..

[cod]

it's time to join your local chess club

[teehee]

I player a cheater otb in a national tournament who was cheating. There was no checks or anything being done so he would just leave on my turn go the bathroom and come back but i still managed to draw the game because he got to 5 minutes while i still had over an hour left, I sacrificed my knight for his promoting pawn which complicated the game and i managed to draw him.

[Dreadscare]

Jack for your own rapid improvement and my gross curiosity I would love if you were to play rapid on lichess. I personally feel like I have faced way less cheaters in the lichess rapid pool vs chesscom pool. And once you settle in your fair lichess rating range I would love if you were then to play 100 games and do a similar analysis as done here. I'll add some notes here: Way more higher rated and strong players play rapid regularly on lichess. Notably GrandmasterGauri on the streamer side and plenty of other strong FMs, IMs, and even GMs regularly play rapid on lichess. As you said it'd often take you at least 5 minutes to find a game in the cc rapid pool but on lichess when you are rated accurately I'd be willing to bet you'd always get paired within 30 seconds. I do believe chesscom's cheat detection and especially refund system is better than lichess. However, by design lichess entices a higher percentage of strong players (fair players) vs it's populous size.

[rohitrajiit]

I once went a month without losing. going from 1800 rapid to 2000 rapid. I used to study a lot and play not more than a game per day. A winning streak is not proof of cheating. There would be lots of cheaters at 2300 elo or among kramnik opponents. but for vast majority of players it is just paranoia.

[anday]

Whenever I suspect someone of cheating against me, I take a look at their account and then watch them play the next few games live. It becomes really obvious very quickly, if they are.

[davidc]

While I don't play online and only play in over-the-board tournaments (because I see 3-dimensional positions better than flat 2-D ones onscreen), I'm not too concerned about cheaters in these casual games where no money is involved. Cheaters in online tournaments with prize money, however, is entirely different.

[fischer]

the worst thing about cheaters is that it makes you feel like a patzer

[piotrserzysko]

My 400 ish opponent played a 95 accuracy game in 2 minutes for whatever reason

[liamsun]

Online chess has its problems. While you do make some valid points that the number of cheating accounts has been growing, I do need to say that a player is innocent until proven guilty — that's the basic rule. Based on a single game, all you can do is to say this guy is "likely" a cheater— hell, even a random mover has a non zero probability to plays 100% perfect moves! Also, 100 games is not big enough as a sample.

[leddidi]

god knows the amount of elo's i lost to this cheaters

[aarongull]

I think worse than the obvious cheaters are the smurf accounts. I wish they would stop banning the cheaters and just pair them up against other suspected cheaters. It seems like a problem that will never go away.

[zenchess]

I found this video misguided on many levels, including the game analysis. I plan to make a response video soon

[iseriver]

Paid members might not get extra anticheating protection, yet, but its undoubted that streamers do get extra protection.
Which makes sense to me.

[LyndsieDances]

Should have a built it tilt function. Where it won't let you play if it feels you're playing too fast and with little accuracy

[BWeManX]

The absolute worst is being rated like 1200 because you constantly encounter brand new accounts that are cheaters 😂

The vast chasm of skill between 1200 and "1200" is staggeringly obvious as well...

[jafulton]

Confirmed after you hit 2300 elo you go insane.