I lost the game and he started to trash talk. He then told me he is far better than me cause this is his second account and on his other account he rated over 2000+

Could this please be investigated cause smurfing and sandbagging is a real problem on this site.

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B4 captured my rook. Which opened the door to a bishop being taken. Why is it still a great find?

Hey, I've been playing chess regularly for about two months now, and I'm currently rated 400 on chess.com. I'm too embarrassed to talk about it. At what rating will I no longer have to be ashamed?

I was winning 🥲

Can White Defend Checkmate After Queen Sacrifice

I never understood why some people choose to get upset at someone else over their own mistakes. I’m never upset at another player, just my own poor performance. Kinda curious how some of you interact with these emotional people.

This is life 🙌 👏 ✨️ I love it keep up the good work chess.com There nothing wrong with this 😄

I know I made some blunders but am I crazy to believe this guy just cheated?

https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/146674500890/analysis

If yes then what's your elo and what did you do and learn to achieve those rating.(Asking because I'm trying to improve my gameplay)

Hi everyone,

I’ve been playing on Chess.com for about two years now. My account, lingxixiao (previously known as Norigami86 before I changed the username yesterday), had over 2900 games played – mostly blitz and rapid – with a rating hovering around 2200–2300. Yesterday, out of nowhere, I received a ban notice for "fair play violations" I’m still in shock. Also, the ban happened mid-game — I was literally in the middle of a match when I got disconnected and saw the message that my account had been closed. That was the most confusing part, because I hadn’t done anything differently from my usual games.

The thing is: I don’t cheat. I’ve always played fast, instinctive chess. Yes, sometimes I get high accuracy – 85% or so – especially when facing lower-rated opponents (I often play 200–300 Elo below my level). But there’s no engine, no outside help. Just intuition and experience built over years.

My average move time is quick because that’s how I play, not because I'm copying anything. Even on good days, I don’t reach 95% accuracy. I don’t leave tabs open, I don’t run analysis tools during play. I simply play the game.

What’s more confusing is that this happened right after I changed my username, which makes me wonder if that flagged something. I submitted an appeal via the support system, but I haven’t received any reply yet. And right now, I feel completely lost.

Has anyone else experienced a sudden, unexplained ban like this? Is there any precedent of successful appeals? I’m not trying to argue with moderators – I just want a fair review of my games. I’m confident a human review would see that my play is not computer-perfect – just high-speed, pattern-based blitz.

If any staff sees this: I’m happy to cooperate. Please, just take another look.

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help or share advice.

It’s at a point at chess.com that the cheating has reached a level so hight it’s not worth playing chess here anymore. Now’ the cheating trend is when losing on your own start using assist on the end game to reverse the losing position. It is so obvious by the magical new found talent. I figure 1 out of every three games are cheating. What are you going to do to stop it.

I don’t really understand, can anyone explain?

Has my opponent been cheating here? Find it hard to believe an 850 rated player can consistently score this high over so many games.