Apparently someone was able to access move feedback or suggestions or something while playing a rated chesscom game. Chesscom clocked him for cheating, but the guy is playing dumb because “the board let me do it”. Is this a bug? Seems like something of an issue if the board can accidentally let someone cheat.
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I was going to post the same.. I just saw it on Reddit too. I’m curious on what was the issue here.
Looking into this now, thank you for bringing it to our attention.
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Honestly seems like original poster is not being forthright.
There is no assistance of any form (pre or post move) available when playing on chess.com.
This could be anything from a user cheating (by using a secondary device) or a competitor trying to smear our product. For instance, chessnut products do have a history of getting lichess users banned. ChessUp follows all rules and cannot & has not ever caused a ban. It could be a competitor trying to falsely level out that difference.
However, I think most likely is the user was cheating - much in the way of play a mirrored game on a separate device with hints on - and trying to use the board as a scape goat.
We will investigate it regardless.
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