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Chess.com and no reaction for cheating on Aren tournaments

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Kwirynus

I don't understand, how platform, which takes money for membership, is not able, to ban cheaters during live Arena tournaments. Whenever you see 2 hours arena, there are some people with 600 elo, who play the whole tournament with accuracity between 95%-100%, and winning 95% of their games. This is so obvious, that it is really hard, to understand, that paid plantform is not able, to handle it, and react on time.

And I will emphasize this once again - this is platform, which offers PAID membership.

Martin_Stahl

The perception of cheating levels is orders of magnitude more than the actual amount.

The site does have some automated systems in place but 100% of games can't be checked as they are happening. If you suspect someone you should report them. 

It should also be noted that Game Review accuracy is not a cheat detection tool as it's heavily influenced by rating and is not a direct engine correlation algorithm. I'm addition, in rating based Arenas, most games are going to be played with opponents of a similar rating.

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

https://www.chess.com/article/view/online-chess-cheating

https://www.chess.com/article/view/chesscom-update-december-2024?alert=content#FairPlay

The site closed more than 74,000 accounts in September for fair play violations and has a full team of staff working on reports along with the aforementioned automated systems for detection.

https://www.chess.com/article/view/fair-play

That said, discussions of cheating, potential cheating, or cheat detection are not allowed in the general forums. If you want to discuss join the following club

https://www.chess.com/club/cheating-forum

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