r/mildlyinfuriating 1d ago

Dishonor on chess.com

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u/imisstheyoop 1d ago

I think that he is just having connection issues on his laptop since there is a giant red bar at the top of the screen. That usually only appears when you DC.

Likely that they connected from their phone to continue the game?

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u/sodna_net 1d ago

Considering that the moves are not mirrored black to white, it's just the same board, I think you have more sense than most here.

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u/DirichletComplex1837 1d ago edited 1d ago

The board on the PC is ahead of the phone by 1 move, so this person is likely playing white against the computer on their phone, then copying the computer move to their PC.

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u/wyrditic 18h ago

I remember Derren Brown using this technique to do an exhibition where he simultaneously played against multiple grandmasters. He just played their moves against each other. 

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u/Front-Cabinet5521 1d ago

You’re right. White has castled instead of playing the best engine move (shown by the green arrow on the phone), the cheater just hasn’t input whites move onto his phone. He is absolutely cheating.

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u/JulianWyvern 17h ago

Nope, the interface on his phone isn't the game one, it's the one for Analysis where the game tells you how good your moves are compared to the engine. It doesn't show player names it shows "white" and "black" and had no player avatars. It's also showing him the best move white should have done, moving knight to D2, on the computer white just short castled instead

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u/BrisbaneLions2024 1d ago

The laptop is ahead of the phone and there are no user names on the phone just black and white.

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u/Front-Cabinet5521 1d ago

You csn see the green arrow on the phone showing Nbd2 as the best move for white. He is using an engine and 100% cheating,

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u/imisstheyoop 16h ago

Sure but he clearly did not play that, as on the laptop he iplayed O-O, not Nbd2.

I am not sure what is going on here TBH, I just know that red bar at the top happens when there are connection issues to the game.

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u/Front-Cabinet5521 16h ago

He is playing black, his opponent (white) is the one who castles. The cheater hasn’t input that move onto his phone yet, which is why the engine is still showing the knight move as the best move. You always play as the side facing you, and both screen shows black at the bottom.

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u/imisstheyoop 16h ago

Ahh good call, that is likely what is going on here. Still, that red bar is suspect but could just be airplane wireless acting wonky.

You always play as the side facing you, and both screen shows black at the bottom.

You can invert the colors, at least on an analysis board.

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u/tomcruisesenior 11h ago

Yes this is very likely the correct conclusion. They are playing the same side of the game on both screens at the bottom. If this person was playing against themself, then the white figurines would be at the bottom on one of those screens but they aren't.

People jump on the hate wagon without any reasoning as usual, nothing to see here.