Fake bot accounts

Maybe this is a known thing but a quick google search didn’t really show anything. I think I’ve discovered some fake accounts that only play together in tournaments. Can someone explain what this is all about? It all started when I looked at the game that a tactic came from. The move leading into the tactic was so random. So I look the game up and it’s ridiculous. Like every move is random. Here’s the game in question.


Originally I thought maybe these are just new players learning the game but their rating seems a bit high for that. So then I look a little closer and iI notice that a ton of both of these players’ games end in draws or random stalemates. Okay that’s kinda weird. Then I look at the top performing player in the tournaments these two always compete in (also strange) and his rating is like 1800 and one of his games resulted in a ridiculous stalemate. Here’s that game and another that ended in a strange stalemate.



Here’s one of the tournaments in question where 36% of games were drawn. What the?

lichess.org/tournament/1rfrOqiP

Am I stupid or missing something? Does everyone already know this is going on and what’s the purpose? Are they for generating puzzle problems? Shouldn’t they be listed as bot accounts then?

Furthermore look at their actual accounts. Both joined around the same time. Both play in tournaments only and in a similar time pattern. Both played in two separate tournaments together. Seems like they are clearly bot accounts.
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If you believe someone is violating Lichess Terms of Service, please use lichess.org/report and not the forums.

Lichess doesn't have bot or fake accounts. With more than 5 million games played everyday, I assure you the last thing we need is more games.
Lichess also never had bots passing for players, even when it was much smaller. It's just not something we do. Our bots are labelled as such and visible on lichess.org/player/bots

The accounts you showed are just people fooling around. It may come as a surprise, but it happens, on the Internet.

Though @thibault correct you and said that it's wrong but then to , you're a good spy! Please don't take this "spy" in the wrong meaning , I meant that you're a person who is master in keeping check on these things .....

Wow. @Rumer57, guess what! You just made it in life.
@Thibault replied to your forum post. 🤭
Also, you are quite the detective, aren't you? I don't even care about people forging wins and stalemates, but hey, I'm so impressed with that little detective work you did back there. 🤭

All players in this tournament, lichess.org/tournament/bqJfwEGJ, registered the same day?

Oh my God! Just when @Rumer57 surprises us with a lil detective work, @kosciuk takes it to another level. And yeah, you are right, most of the accounts were all created on 4th of February this year! Keep that up, bruh.

Look at this game from one of these same “tournaments.” Look how random the moves are from both sides. I could understand this in one random game but there’s is definitely a strange pattern here that wasn’t even addressed in replies to this thread. The move patterns aren’t human like. Nobody plays a game of chess like this lol.

Here is yet another game from one of these tournament participants in which a random but similar to other stalemate positions is reached. lichess.org/vOXiZk8Y#80

I mean anyone can dig into these two tournaments and see all of the participants play the same random way. Sorry it’s just really strange to me. I don’t necessarily see anyone violating terms of service, the accounts just seem to follow a weird robotic pattern in their play habits and in the actual games.