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Please report cheaters!

haha... @QBall go read tabarjack's profile and see what he wrote.
I'll copy it here in case he changes it:

"Winning by cheating is winning anyways. But this is an online game with no meaning, don't learn to cheat in chess. Cheat in school to get a good job or something. Be a Winner."

Winning by cheating is winning anyways (umm no)... cheat in school (wrong again) See, this is how cheaters think.
Now I'm not just aborting our game, I'm blocking this clown.
@Sarg0n But how do you know who is an engine and who is not? Of course the 0 0 0 8 10 games in a row guy is obvious enough on here. For example, yesterday on the other big chess site, I faced people who were 100% engine moves until move 25 (until they had less than 30s left) and then blundered basic tactics. Those guys are easy to catch and don't really count as they are almost auto-banned on here.

What about the guy that gets 3 2 1 56 and 2 0 1 38 and so on because the anti-cheat system isn't too hard to defeat? Here's a suggestion, set your stockfish on level 8 then 12 then 16 then 20 and play those strengths against your own pc. Then import the games for lichess analysis. What happens when it's on 12 in a 3 0 game? Could you truly spot it?
As far as I am concerned I am only practising online. I do not hunt cheaters and I do not count centipawns per move or per opponent. In a way I don't take it too serious - you guys know what can happen on the internet, don't you? Insulting, cheating and all this nasty stuff.

Every once in while I get some points back but I have to investigate thoroughly to figure out where they stem from. I had no idea before.

Because you can only catch them out in the long run there's pretty much you can do yourself in a short time e.g. a few single games. Witch-hunters and ghost-busters get on my nerves as well.
@Sarg0n There is a method to the madness if you know what to look for, like I always check if the opponent is an engine if he plays Qd7 or Qd2 (without Be6 or Be3 played or if you're a KID player then you're not allowed to be suspicious from that). There are many other moves as well that scream engine, often a move like f6 soon after g6 in the opening is kind of illogical, so worth a check too.

I'd say about 3/4 times I can only conclude he's either human or a good cheat that can't be proven from that game (I'd bet human but a few became obvious from looking at other games). If the engine agrees and there are no immediate threats defended by the move, that's a huge red flag.

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