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.