I'm new to playing chess online. I was accused of cheating by an opponent after winning my 2nd game with them. After making it clear that I do not cheat, they agreed to a new game however in the middle of it they again claimed that I was cheating again and had proof. They said that they had got some cheat detection device from the internet.. Maybe I should be happy to play well enough to fool the device however I am not. Any suggestions on how to best handle situations like this?
thanks
vbrown

Originally posted by vbrown
I'm new to playing chess online. I was accused of cheating by an opponent after winning my 2nd game with them. After making it clear that I do not cheat, they agreed to a new game however in the middle of it they again claimed that I was cheating again and had proof. They said that they had got some cheat detection device from the internet.. Maybe I shoul ...[text shortened]... however I am not. Any suggestions on how to best handle situations like this?
thanks
vbrown

Unless you are only using and engine for some games, it is clear you are not using an engine.

He's just bitter. 😉

Originally posted by rmacken
Very kindly ask xanthos to run a check of your games with his engine, if your moves match the engine you will be banned!! LOL!

If your opponent is convinced you are an engine user, they have proberbly already alerted you, if not, report him for his accusations.

🙂

just ignore him. chess attracts paranoid people. if he keeps bothering you unreasonably much, send site feedback and they'll take care of it.

Originally posted by vbrown
Xanthos, please check my games for cheating.

How do I report my accuser?

Post the games and we can have a look see.

After all without engines I would never have reached the mighty pinacle of 1464!

I would ignore him. Cheating detector? Honestly, I've never heard of anything like that. For him to detect an engine like Fritz or Chessmaster would mean has a way to get past your OS security and see what's running on your desktop.

looking at who you've played i think it's sour grapes from the other player. (if it's who i thinks it is then they're annoyed because a lower rated plyer has beaten them twice already and is merely looking for excuses).

He's murdering you in the third.

Is your engine having a bad game? 😉

Originally posted by Silverstriker
looking at who you've played i think it's sour grapes from the other player. (if it's who i thinks it is then they're annoyed because a lower rated plyer has beaten them twice already and is merely looking for excuses).

Originally posted by wormwood
you're around 1300, it's obvious you're not cheating.

you can use site feedback link on the bottom of the page to report him, but I don't know if it's necessary if he doesn't unreasonably harass you. there will always be some paranoid jerks, but luckily not much.

Originally posted by Diet Coke
He's murdering you in the third.

Is your engine having a bad game? 😉

Originally posted by Diet Coke
After all without engines I would never have reached the mighty pinacle of 1464!

Originally posted by Diet Coke
Where's that Avatar from?! 😲😀