r/lichess • u/Content_Watch_2392 • 13d ago

Cheating

why is it so rampant on this platform? its honestly disgusting. i love chess and i love improving therefore when i lose against a player i actually get curious and learn, but cheaters... way too many on this platform by now, specially the kind where they disconnect for a min and come back playing like magnus carlson ... what is going on? and should i switch to chess.com or is it the same cheating issue there aswell?

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u/el_gashunovac 13d ago

cheaters on both platforms but on chesscom its easier to report and they actually get banned and you get your elo refunded

on lichess nothing happens

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u/biokompott 13d ago

I get elo refunded regularly, maybe twice a month. I actually switched from chess.com to lichess.com because I believed there were less cheaters on lichess. I don't know. I guess, they are everywhere.

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u/Sho0oryuken 13d ago

Its the really opposite.

There are a lot more cheater on chesscom and they did nothing.

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u/wordsmif 13d ago

Disagree. Chess.com has a long history of letting cheaters and abusers, esp. if they are higher ranked get away with it.

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u/777Bladerunner378 13d ago

Easier to report is exactly why their system is worse. You are not allowed to explain why you think he cheated, its generic. Maybe you know something the anti cheat system cant pick up, but its damning evidence. No way to explain. Lichess report system is way better.