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General Chess Discussion - CHEATING In Online Chess Should Be Punishable By More Than Just A Suspension From The Chess Site ??

@usernameb I don't think telling people how to successfully cheat and remain undetected is a wise thing to do on Lichess forums. Malicious intent or not, you may want to rethink that.


JohnnyRooker
General Chess Discussion - CHEATING In Online Chess Should Be Punishable By More Than Just A Suspension From The Chess Site ??

@Molurus said in #43: > To me, and many other players, a functioning cheat detection system (or at least a cheat detection system that appears to function), is huge added value. Essential. Yes, Liches…


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General Chess Discussion - CHEATING In Online Chess Should Be Punishable By More Than Just A Suspension From The Chess Site ??

@Molurus said in #38: > So given the fact that they have a very real and legitimate reason not to disclose their methods, and given the fact that they don't have any perverse incentives to screw the r…


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General Chess Discussion - CHEATING In Online Chess Should Be Punishable By More Than Just A Suspension From The Chess Site ??

@Molurus said in #35: > My point is that there are many cases where it is completely reasonable not to disclose how things work. Bank security is an obvious example, online chess cheat detection is an…


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General Chess Discussion - CHEATING In Online Chess Should Be Punishable By More Than Just A Suspension From The Chess Site ??

@Molurus said in #33: > Are you saying you don't use closed source software? Ever? > > It seems an impossible position to me. I don't think it can be done. Your life must be very, very difficult. That…


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General Chess Discussion - CHEATING In Online Chess Should Be Punishable By More Than Just A Suspension From The Chess Site ??

@Molurus said in #31: > Do you trust the security of your phone? There's a good chance the company who builds them doesn't disclose its design plans. Is that any different? If so, why? I do not trust …


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General Chess Discussion - CHEATING In Online Chess Should Be Punishable By More Than Just A Suspension From The Chess Site ??

@Molurus said in #29: > I'm not comfortable with cheaters either. The discomfort works two ways. > > The real question is: do you think chess com and Lichess can be trusted to reliably detect cheating…


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General Chess Discussion - CHEATING In Online Chess Should Be Punishable By More Than Just A Suspension From The Chess Site ??

Chess.com and Lichess do not make their cheat detection methods public. I am not comfortable with putting one or two entities with zero oversight and accountability in charge of peoples' careers.


JohnnyRooker
General Chess Discussion - Rating is so overrated.

My philosophy is, if you’re not planning on playing professionally, don’t get emotionally invested in your rating at all. Use it to take note of your improvement and get satisfaction from that. You’re…


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General Chess Discussion - There are no child prodigies in chess, just copycats

Anyone that says we are close whatsoever to solving chess is living in fantasy land.


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