I do not know currently what could be done to reduce chances of cheating but some people are cheating here, that's for sure.
>To prevent people from cheating would be appropriate for lichess detect when a player clicks outside the window lichess and to force his resignation.
This would be little extreme but could be a solution.
>Moreover, with 2 computers it's still possible to cheat.
Very few people will go to that far length to cheat.
>Ok, don't worry. A registration system would also help to avoid the cheating players.
I'll be highly against registration system in
lichess.org. Even if
lichess.org someday decide to use registration system then anonymous game must be main focus of website. I left another site when
they enforced registration where I used to play anonymous (used to be average of 200+ players at any given time). Since then I have never returned to that site and now I play at
lichess.org because it
allows me to play anonymous without any tensions of ratings etc. That's the difference between
FaceBook.com and 4chan.
>guys honestly there is no reason anybody who has a brain would cheat on an unrated chess site using chess engines.
Trust me, I have experienced it myself. Some people here do cheat. I have given some time thinking that why would anyone cheat? Maybe some are thinking "I might learn chess this way" or maybe people
do it because they can do it so easily and just for laughs (similar to trolling). But soon enough they loose the initiative of learning and simply do cheating because winning every time is addiction
in itself. Nobody want to lose but trust me with cheating you'll learn nothing.
Would it be too harsh if there is a rule that a player can play only one game in a browser in
lichess.org/?
Because I think, easiest way of cheating will be to open another tab in same browser and start another game against computer in
lichess.org.
How you know you are victim of cheating?
Simple, either we have GM/IM levels of players in
lichess.org (that will be great) or we have cheaters, who never make mistake, do perfect opening like they have memorize the whole opening book.
In normal human vs. human game, both players make mistakes (which is acceptable). Human players try to detect those mistakes and if found then try to exploit it. Human players have style, strategy,
tactics, position play and have personal way of utilizing specific pieces. Whereas, computer does not work on strategy but play like an automated machine with no soul and with ultimate target just to
check mate.
Anon.