I have a suggestion to radically reduce cheating in Lichess AND improve everyone’s skills.
If cheating is a crime in chess, then the most effective way to fight it is to fulfill the needs of the criminals. Cheaters know their ratings are faked. It they just wanted to win, they would just play lower rated opponents. Yet I believe their main motivation is just to LEARN, from computer assistance. Thus the best way to reduce cheating is to provide legal computer assisted games.
That’s not a new concept. In the 1970s, Kasparov called “Advanced Chess” the act of playing with computer assistance. I haven’t found many resources on that matter, but there are some. For instance, in Fritz application we have:
- “Dynamic Hints”: Arrows show up while you move a piece
- “Opening Hints”: What book moves you have
- “Threatened Squares”: Pieces that can be captured at that position (by both sides)
But I believe we can do much better, don’t you? If you do, then let me hear your suggestions first, please!
PS: Kasparov stated that a Human+Computer team can be stronger than either one alone.
If cheating is a crime in chess, then the most effective way to fight it is to fulfill the needs of the criminals. Cheaters know their ratings are faked. It they just wanted to win, they would just play lower rated opponents. Yet I believe their main motivation is just to LEARN, from computer assistance. Thus the best way to reduce cheating is to provide legal computer assisted games.
That’s not a new concept. In the 1970s, Kasparov called “Advanced Chess” the act of playing with computer assistance. I haven’t found many resources on that matter, but there are some. For instance, in Fritz application we have:
- “Dynamic Hints”: Arrows show up while you move a piece
- “Opening Hints”: What book moves you have
- “Threatened Squares”: Pieces that can be captured at that position (by both sides)
But I believe we can do much better, don’t you? If you do, then let me hear your suggestions first, please!
PS: Kasparov stated that a Human+Computer team can be stronger than either one alone.