Cheating on Chess.com and Other Sites: A Proposal

[kevin_bachler]

@scottrparker

If you play an on-line game on chess.com or any other site and that game is US Chess rated, then if their algorithm says that you cheated and you are kicked off the site you have the option to appeal to US Chess. The appeal would force chess.com (or whoever) to verify their contention that you cheated. In turn, that would force them to divulge how their algorithm works, which so far they have not been willing to do. Upshot - you win the appeal. It’s also worth noting that in those cases of which I am aware when threatened with a lawsuit over this issue chess.com has backed down and reinstated the player. Maintaining confidentiality over how their algorithm functions seems to be their overriding concern.

Which implies that the algorithm is exposed to defeat, if known.