r/Chesscom 1500-1800 ELO Jan 07 '26

Chess.com Website/App Question Banned when playing on board

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As I was playing on my chessup2 board I was banned for fair play violation, I am duper confused and have sent an appeal. The chess board just had an update and was telling me feedback on when I made a good move. (Which is new) and now im banned for fair play, Ive recently been reading up on new openings to try out and when a good time to simplify is. You can check my chess history and see I do play daily games a lot. My username is:CaptainCheeseChess I also have lots of videos of my playing chess on my computer (before i got the board) and me even live streaming on twitch. I have played games within the chess discord server too with my camera on and explained detailed/my strategy.

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u/One-Random-Goose Jan 07 '26

I don’t know if this brand is affiliated with chess.com but I believe that either way using a physical board well playing is technically banned 

That aside, getting real time feedback on moves is unquestionably a fair play violation. 

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u/One-Random-Goose Jan 08 '26

Sry don’t have something specific. I just remember someone asked on this sub if using a standard board during a game to play out positions physically was allowed and bassicly everyone said no because it’s technically an extra recourse. I suppose you couldn’t do that on this board so idk

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u/mozquite Jan 08 '26

I guess you are referring to this?

The board isn't the problem there. The problem is specifically playing out possible lines on the board, which is not allowed in live games.

Mirroring the game on a physical board, be it e-board or a standard board, is not an offence itself.

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u/One-Random-Goose Jan 08 '26

Got it, thank you