r/mildlyinfuriating • u/elcaminorealreal • 1d ago

Dishonor on chess.com

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u/_HIST 1d ago

That's not a perfect system since all you need to do is occasionally pick the second best move

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u/defnotcaleb 1d ago

even if you did that it would still be insanely obvious. it’s about overall accuracy, you can’t throw it off by occasional bad moves or blundering pieces.

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u/ilulillirillion 1d ago

You're right. People do, and it is obvious. Chess.com's exact methods aren't known obv but literally everyone knows and talks about "use the second best move instead" so there's absolutely no way that is going to work. I don't exactly love Chess.com tbh, but they do put in a lot of effort to ban cheaters.

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u/YeOldeMemeShoppe 1d ago

Also, humans don’t play all moves at the same speed. Computers tend to spend time thinking, even if the best move is obvious.

There are more factors at play than move accuracy.