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I used to be in the 1400+ level for most of the past year.. Then I lost a few games a few weeks ago, dropped to 1350 or so.. I thought, no biggie, in a few games I'll get back .. Then weird things started happening... the lower I dropped, the stiffer the competition got.. Players would start games with blatant mistakes.. I would end up with a free piece and more time on the clock.. then all of a sudden the opponent makes brilliant moves... until they get a decisive advantage.. then they start making dumb moves again.. but by that time, trying to solve the brilliant moves they made, I lost a lot of time.

In a different scenario.. and especially around the 1250-1299 level, the opponents play impeccable openings... which never used to happen at the 1400+ level.. then their level drops... then towards the end they find exquisite moves again...

I know that there are browser add-ons out there to suggest moves. Is it something that Lichess has a way of detecting?

I used to be in the 1400+ level for most of the past year.. Then I lost a few games a few weeks ago, dropped to 1350 or so.. I thought, no biggie, in a few games I'll get back .. Then weird things started happening... the lower I dropped, the stiffer the competition got.. Players would start games with blatant mistakes.. I would end up with a free piece and more time on the clock.. then all of a sudden the opponent makes brilliant moves... until they get a decisive advantage.. then they start making dumb moves again.. but by that time, trying to solve the brilliant moves they made, I lost a lot of time. In a different scenario.. and especially around the 1250-1299 level, the opponents play impeccable openings... which never used to happen at the 1400+ level.. then their level drops... then towards the end they find exquisite moves again... I know that there are browser add-ons out there to suggest moves. Is it something that Lichess has a way of detecting?

anavrinn edited

#2

Could you post some examples of these brilliant games? They might not be objectively sound.

bufferunderrun

#3

Don't.
If you suspect someone report them via https://lichess.org/report

Don't. If you suspect someone report them via https://lichess.org/report

MusicGarlic

#4

You fried your cerebrum by playing 100 blitz games a day, so your rating dropped.

Take a week off to regrow brain tissue and in the future remember to stick your head in the snow every 10 games or so to cool.

You fried your cerebrum by playing 100 blitz games a day, so your rating dropped. Take a week off to regrow brain tissue and in the future remember to stick your head in the snow every 10 games or so to cool.

dstne

#5

@SvenLarsson said in #1:

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I find it very unlikely that most everyone you play in say 1000-1300 range is a cheater.

@SvenLarsson said in #1: >[...] I find it very unlikely that most everyone you play in say 1000-1300 range is a cheater.

SvenLarsson

#6

@dstne said in #5:

If everyone in the 1000-1300 cheated, I would end up at 900 in one day. I didn't say everyone, but there are a few.

@dstne said in #5: > If everyone in the 1000-1300 cheated, I would end up at 900 in one day. I didn't say everyone, but there are a few.

ohcomeon_1 edited

#7

@MusicGarlic said in #4:

You fried your cerebrum by playing 100 blitz games a day, so your rating dropped.

Take a week off to regrow brain tissue and in the future remember to stick your head in the snow every 10 games or so to cool.

What do you do in Vanuatu where there is no snow? :-)

@MusicGarlic said in #4: > You fried your cerebrum by playing 100 blitz games a day, so your rating dropped. > > Take a week off to regrow brain tissue and in the future remember to stick your head in the snow every 10 games or so to cool. What do you do in Vanuatu where there is no snow? :-)

MusicGarlic

#8

I fan myself with a Vanuatu fan palm. I almost only play slow chess, so not a big issue.

MRPDFoot

#9

The only people defending cheaters are cheaters. I have experienced that exact scenario many times. From my experience it would be about 10% of people cheating online at chess. It is annoying but it is free so who cares.

mkubecek

#10

@SvenLarsson said in #6:

If everyone in the 1000-1300 cheated, I would end up at 900 in one day. I didn't say everyone, but there are a few.
Yes, there are a few. And according to the stats, there are ~165000 active players with blitz rating in this interval (1000-1300). So what is the chance that you keep meeting those few as often as you think? Isn't it much more likely that those games weren't actually as brilliant as you thought?

@SvenLarsson said in #6: > If everyone in the 1000-1300 cheated, I would end up at 900 in one day. I didn't say everyone, but there are a few. Yes, there are a few. And according to the stats, there are ~165000 active players with blitz rating in this interval (1000-1300). So what is the chance that you keep meeting those few as often as you think? Isn't it much more likely that those games weren't actually as brilliant as you thought?