Reporting a user for cheating in correspondence, seen multiple games with >95% Accuracy.

@SimonBirch said in #10:
> Outrageous!! Lol....... and that's why I don't play that time control anymore xxx

Well, on lichess the rules are also clear (and different): lichess.org/page/fair-play (see the "Rules grid")

@derkleineJo said in #11:
> Well, on lichess the rules are also clear (and different): lichess.org/page/fair-play (see the "Rules grid")

Prexactly xxx

Let's not beat about the bush here, Lichess is crammed with bots. You'll be playing a bot, hence the accuracy and why reports go unanswered.
That's Lichess for you.

Yeah I'm not sure how seriously they take this stuff. I reported a correspondence player a few days ago who was banned on chess.com with the exact same username and nationality they use here on Lichess and an impressive 188 wins from 233 games on an account opened here not long after they were banned on chess.com.
I decided not to waste my time and resigned after 5 moves after they made a move IM Alex Banzea describes in his Caro Kann Chessable course as a move only played by GM's and cheaters......
But days later, no action taken and they're still playing right now with an amazing knowledge of every opening under the sun and a win rate of 80%......

@thebluthstaircar said in #14:

> I decided not to waste my time and resigned after 5 moves after they made a move IM Alex Banzea describes in his Caro Kann Chessable course as a move only played by GM's and cheaters......

You do understand that using opening material is allowed, don't you?

On the other hand, throwing games like you did is absolutely not.

This seems like this is two sides of the same coin. I may have inadvertently upset some people with my comments and it was not my intention to hurt anyone. But, the current view that seems to be taken by correspondence players is it's fine to use database because everyone else doing it and if you're not then you're at a disadvantage whereas im of the view that is what the point of playing a game if you're not playing your own moves. All it is is a difference of opinion and as grown ups in sure we can live together with a difference of opinion and agree to disagree. If everyone's doing it then fine , I just don't agree with it and would only ever use my own brain. I'm sorry to anyone that I upset I'm just saying the current status quo of correspondence chess ain't right in my opinion . Your own brain to play a game of chess , otherwise, where's the satisfaction in winning knowing you and your opponent used computers may as well set stockfish up to play stockfish and do something else with your time xxx

@nadjarostowa said in #15:
> You do understand that using opening material is allowed, don't you?
>
> On the other hand, throwing games like you did is absolutely not.

Yes I understand opening material is allowed. I don't have a problem with that.

On the other hand, I'm not going to waste days or potentially weeks of my life playing a correspondence game against someone with that many red flags. Perhaps next time I will be a bit smarter and check their profile like the many, many, many people who were smart enough to abort their games with the same player because they obviously saw the same red flags as I belatedly did.
Oh, and thanks for being so welcoming to a first time poster.....

@thebluthstaircar said in #17:

> Oh, and thanks for being so welcoming to a first time poster.....

There's a lot of Chess players who are so narcissistic , it's almost impossible to put your point of view across alot of ratingism and belittling of lower rated players , hope you have a better experience overall but the chess community does seem quite angry , not sure why, but the feeling seems to be of aggression towards each other rather than that of supporting and building each other up , I guess because everyone trying to win ,something, that they're right , we must be getting very close to the truth of chess and the gods that keeping the control ,happy chessing xxx never give up xxx

@thebluthstaircar said in #17:
> Yes I understand opening material is allowed. I don't have a problem with that.

Obviously you do, because you object to their moves. They shall not play the moves that are publicly known, and you know. But they are not allowed.

Also, I looked at the game where you resigned on move 5 because of this "incredible move". All moves have dozens of games in the lichess opening explorer, which is readily availably on the analysis page on every corr game.

> On the other hand, I'm not going to waste days or potentially weeks of my life playing a correspondence game against someone with that many red flags. Perhaps next time I will be a bit smarter and check their profile like the many, many, many people who were smart enough to abort their games with the same player because they obviously saw the same red flags as I belatedly did.

This is just pure speculation on your part. Not saying they are cheating or they are not. But it is not up to you to make this decision for the community and shame them here.

> Oh, and thanks for being so welcoming to a first time poster.....

Not sure what this means. Am I supposed to treat people differently based on the number of posts? And how would I know? Am I supposed to look every user up and read up on their forum history before answering? If your first post is ranting, accusation and shaming - what response do you expect?

Definitely checking should be 100%