I think it is
No it’s not cheating, but many people believe that it shouldn’t be allowed.
How do you use keyboard?
Lichess rules state:
>"We define [cheating] as using any external assistance to strengthen your knowledge and, or, calculation ability to gain an unfair advantage over your opponent. Some examples would include computer engine assistance, opening books (except for correspondence games), endgame tablebases, and asking another player for help, although these aren’t the only things we would consider cheating."
So according to that cheating mostly refers to using external assistance to find better moves. Using keyboard does not help you in that way, so according to the rules, it's not cheating.
Whether it should be considered cheating is something else of course.
>"We define [cheating] as using any external assistance to strengthen your knowledge and, or, calculation ability to gain an unfair advantage over your opponent. Some examples would include computer engine assistance, opening books (except for correspondence games), endgame tablebases, and asking another player for help, although these aren’t the only things we would consider cheating."
So according to that cheating mostly refers to using external assistance to find better moves. Using keyboard does not help you in that way, so according to the rules, it's not cheating.
Whether it should be considered cheating is something else of course.
@mountbellew @Fastbond @Feridarion there is no skill for people who have kb I will give examples Andrew tang and umutcrazy they have so much skill but they just get beaten because u have a person who just slams there keyboard and they win. Personally I think its only fair to call it cheating
What does the keyboard do?
According to lichess, it isn't, but I still think it shouldn't be allowed, as it gives a huge advantage to players with the extension. If everyone could access it easily, it would've been fine
it is easy for those who use laptop or computer just enable the chrome extension
kb is currently permitted. That being said a big part of your opponents won't appreciate it if you use it against them. Using it or not is up to you.
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