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I'm sure this statement is superfluous given the amount of negative reactions down the posts of ColonelMusgrave but just to clarify:

The notion that deep statistical analyses are conducted over many games to catch minute fluctuations within a range of secret metrics known only to the Lichess elite is an absurd lie. Nobody does this. They never have.

This is absolutely false and as a matter of fact, Lichess, being an open source platform, has published two of its main automatic programs for cheat detection, the well known https://github.com/clarkerubber/irwin and the most recent https://github.com/lichess-org/kaladin.

Because this would take a team of computer engineers and analysts that would rival most tech companies in silicon valley. Nobody is doing this -- certainly not with a team of unpaid volunteers.

Exactly because most of the people working for Lichess are volunteers, they have a life, a job (some are students) and a professional career outside Lichess.
You don't need to be a Da Vinci to realize this and you don't need to be an Einstein to imagine that the team managing the infrastructure and the development of the site is a team of people specialized in computer science, software engineering and similar fields.

I'm sure this statement is superfluous given the amount of negative reactions down the posts of ColonelMusgrave but just to clarify: > The notion that deep statistical analyses are conducted over many games to catch minute fluctuations within a range of secret metrics known only to the Lichess elite is an absurd lie. Nobody does this. They never have. This is absolutely false and as a matter of fact, Lichess, being an open source platform, has published two of its main automatic programs for cheat detection, the well known https://github.com/clarkerubber/irwin and the most recent https://github.com/lichess-org/kaladin. > Because this would take a team of computer engineers and analysts that would rival most tech companies in silicon valley. Nobody is doing this -- certainly not with a team of unpaid volunteers. Exactly because most of the people working for Lichess are volunteers, they have a life, a job (some are students) and a professional career outside Lichess. You don't need to be a Da Vinci to realize this and you don't need to be an Einstein to imagine that the team managing the infrastructure and the development of the site is a team of people specialized in computer science, software engineering and similar fields.

A Lichess Moderator

#32

@Igor_Teixeira said in #1:

How long does it takes to Lichess to ban such players?

We try to review reports within 48 hours, sometimes it may take longer due to various reasons.

@DieForChess1 said in #29:

Report it to @NoJoke i get quick bans from that

Nojoke is not a moderator and even if he was, privately contacting moderators for a personal inquiry is not the way to go, especially for reporting suspicion of cheating. Use lichess.org/report instead.

@Igor_Teixeira said in #1: > How long does it takes to Lichess to ban such players? We try to review reports within 48 hours, sometimes it may take longer due to various reasons. @DieForChess1 said in #29: > Report it to @NoJoke i get quick bans from that Nojoke is not a moderator and even if he was, privately contacting moderators for a personal inquiry is not the way to go, especially for reporting suspicion of cheating. Use lichess.org/report instead.