Chess.com bans over 1300 users and counting for engine use over the past two months

http://www.chess.com/echess/profile/cludi

HAHAHA

Originally posted by Diophantus
Even so, I'll not be rushing to play there again until someone devises a way to measure the testosterone levels of internet teens and then gags those found to have a level above a certain threshold.[/b]

Well said. I played a few games there, and decided that playing trash-talking teenagers was a waste of my time. I can at least say that I don't think any of the ones I played were cheating, because they played too poorly!

I like playing with adults here- and the teenagers I've played here conduct themselves like adults, as I have only learned their ages by their profiles, not their actions.

Originally posted by NorrisB
http://www.chess.com/echess/profile/cludi

HAHAHA

second banning. that must be just a coincidence!



😀DDDDDDD

is chess.com good?

Well it offers a lot, but at a cost.
If you just want a few CC games with a nice clean site interface then RHP is fine 🙂

do you subscribe both here and there?

I see benefits of using both chess.com & RHP - hence I've been a subscriber to both simultaneously.

The owner of chess.com has said previously that he wants to attract plenty of titled players into CC.
Titled players get free premium membership upon proof of ID (digital image of official document, image of FIDE certificate & so on) and the frankly laughable situation of a bunch of no-names festering at the top of the highest rated player lists must surely be at odds with the ethos.

Originally posted by Zygalski
I see benefits of using both chess.com & RHP - hence I've been a subscriber to both simultaneously.

The owner of chess.com has said previously that he wants to attract plenty of titled players into CC.
Titled players get free premium membership upon proof of ID (digital image of official document, image of FIDE certificate & so on) and the frankly lau ...[text shortened]... s festering at the top of the highest rated player lists must surely be at odds with the ethos.

I notice that chess.com has plenty of posh names on the books but few of them actually play regularly. Suppose ten GMs join RHP but then hardly ever play. How many do you think will appear in the top ten? It's not just about ability and OTB rating, it's also about how often they play and how seriously they take the games. I think Mr. chess.com needs to prod his tame masters into playing occasionally.

Who'd want to be Mr. chess.com, eh?
Slammed for not having many active titled players, then when action is taken to remove hundreds of blatant engine users, slammed for that too! 😉

how do you see who's the highest rated players there?

Originally posted by Zygalski
Who'd want to be Mr. chess.com, eh?
Slammed for not having many active titled players, then when action is taken to remove hundreds of blatant engine users, slammed for that too! 😉

Oh I'm not complaining about removal of engine users or how many active titled players there are, I am just pointing out that suggesting the guys at the top of the table must be dodgy because they are higher up than GM Playsnogames is faulty logic.

Originally posted by NorrisB
how do you see who's the highest rated players there?

Online Chess then in the Play Chess panel down on the right hand side click View Players. Scroll down and you should see a table of the top players. Scroll further and you can find the rubbish.

Originally posted by Diophantus
Online Chess then in the Play Chess panel down on the right hand side click View Players. Scroll down and you should see a table of the top players. Scroll further and you can find the rubbish.

Thank you

Maybe another dumb question, but where is the link to the list of banned players?

Originally posted by usmc7257
Maybe another dumb question, but where is the link to the list of banned players?

The one on this site was removed years ago.