Is keyboard cheating

#33 nice idea. We can maybe resort to that if lichess code cannot outright ban the extension.

No one likes a randomly moving lone king at 30 moves/ second whose sole purpose is to flag you.

I have mentioned this before too. This is cheating according to lichess ToS and lichess's own principles (no plugin needed, for example) and clearly improves you. It's not been explicitly banned by lichess, but I highly suggest it is. I talked about it here:
lichess.org/forum/lichess-feedback/addressing-the-issue-of-the-keyboard-extension?page=1

@Fastbond said in #5:
> Lichess rules state:
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> "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."
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> 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.
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> Whether it should be considered cheating is something else of course.
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In this it is written also about gaining an unfair advantage over your opponent, So those who are non-KB, How will they manage to beat the people who use kb?

I think it is

@anupdutta said in #43:
> In this it is written also about gaining an unfair advantage over your opponent, So those who are non-KB, How will they manage to beat the people who use kb?

But it says that cheating is: "using any external assistance to strengthen your knowledge and, or, calculation ability to gain an unfair advantage over your opponent".

It doesn't just say that you're not allowed to gain an unfair advantage. Just that you're not allowed to gain an unfair advantage by: "using any external assistance to strengthen your knowledge and, or, calculation ability".

That's not what happens with keyboard extensions. I'm not saying that keyboard extensions shouldn't be banned, just that they currently aren't.

#45 no.
In chess clock is part of the game. So kb strengthen "calculation ability" regarding how much time you need to calculate your next move (in above mentioned cases).

first of all, what is keyboard.

@Diwaditya said in #48:
It's a board, where you keep keys. Happy with the answer?

thanks and it was useful

I have a different suggestion that would make everyone happy:

Let's say, if keyboard using is not "preventable" as a Lichess Mod said (while i agree with Whitedancingrockstar that there should certainly a way to prevent, if there is a will to prevent it, as same could be said for engine use as well) , then let's give those who use Keyboard extension a title of "Keyboard Master" or "KM" similarly to accounts getting "BOT" title. And, yep i see no intrinsic difference between using an engine assistance during game or keyboard their roots come from similar motives and motivations in my opinion.

This way, I and all those who use Lichess to play chess, more importantly a fair game of chess, could simply avoid those accounts, if we don't want to play against their Keyboard Machine. This way we can keep enjoying Lichess further more and they can have a shiny title next to their name, which should make them happy. (after all deciding to use such booster extensions are good indicator that they care more about titles, labels, ratings, points, numbers etc than essentially enjoying the game of chess itself) Win win :)