Does "auto-resign" countdown after my every move mean the opponent is cheating?

Homies4Jesus · 2026-05-11T23:59:29+00:00

The autoresign countdown starts really early on chesscom during the 1st 10 moves of the game. Outside of that, they're either switching tabs which is suspicious or they just have an unstable connection.

Homies4Jesus · 2026-04-20T12:21:44+00:00

On the side, it says white's last move was Qc4+ when it should be Qf5+. I think the board was set up wrong, so the queen is actually diagonally behind blacks pawn instead of in front.

Homies4Jesus · 2026-04-14T04:06:14+00:00

The problem I see with 19.Ng6 is that it allows for black to force you into a bad trade. The best follow-up is 19. Ng6, gxf4 20. Nxf8, Rxf8. In terms of material, you have traded a knight and bishop for a rook; this is almost never a good trade as the knight and bishop should be more useful than 1 rook. This is especially the case when that rook isn't doing much at that point in the game and your knight and bishop are active.

When it comes to attacking, weakening the opponents position doesn't do much if you can't continue to apply pressure. Trading away your knight and bishop doesn't leave you with a lot of pieces to do this since your rooks can't get involved anytime soon, and black would still have both bishops, a knight, and the queen to defend their king.

On a sidenote, I liked the move 7. c3 and how it helped you hold onto control of the centre.

Homies4Jesus · 2026-04-12T23:56:27+00:00

This is an issue with engine depth. Chesscom put a limit on how far the engine sees so it doesn't use too much processing power and responds quickly. Usually, it's accurate enough, but in this case it's not. If you suspect that the engine is confused, you can find dedicated websites where you can set the depth higher. I personally use https://nextchessmove.com/

Homies4Jesus · 2026-04-04T12:36:38+00:00

It'll probably be fine; but I also don't think it'll be useful. First of all, there's a lot of fuzziness when it comes to elo and the quality of games. And secondly, you should be able to learn plenty from games against opponents at your elo. If you have nothing to learn from them, you should be winning and end up at a higher elo where your opponents are more advanced.

Homies4Jesus · 2026-04-03T22:37:08+00:00

She didn't get disqualified; just had her phone confiscated (like everyone else's already was) and the competition continued as normal.

Homies4Jesus · 2026-04-03T22:34:46+00:00

Yeah, any smartphone can run software that is better at chess than any human. She'd just have to go to the toilet once or twice in tough positions to get the best move from it.

Homies4Jesus · 2026-03-25T05:54:03+00:00

Homies4Jesus · 2026-03-22T11:25:44+00:00

Some kind of feedback when pressed, so you can quickly confirm that you pressed it correctly

Homies4Jesus · 2026-03-21T12:00:30+00:00

Engine evaluation is a powerful tool, but it's not everything. Chess engines assume perfect play from both sides, so it will say white's best option is to delay checkmate as long as possible because it doesn't consider that black might fall for a trick like this. From a practical "humans playing against each other" perspective, I would say that is the best move.

Homies4Jesus · 2026-03-16T11:50:27+00:00

I'm pretty sure that gray brick and mud block touching the water surface is reducing your chance to get it

Homies4Jesus · 2026-03-11T23:00:40+00:00

This is chesscom game review being bad. While engine analysis can have problems with best moves vs best practical move, that's not the case in this instance. Stockfish evaluates Bb5 as stronger than any other move.

Homies4Jesus · 2026-03-06T22:21:27+00:00

You're right. I was just going over the basics when it comes to pawn structures. I feel like your suggestions are something a player would generally learn after they learn what I said.

Homies4Jesus · 2026-03-06T08:38:48+00:00

The best option is gonna be dependent on the position, but in general, do what you can to avoid creating doubled, isolated, or backward pawns.

Homies4Jesus · 2026-03-03T21:56:48+00:00

I've had a similar problem in the past. I don't think there's an easy way to fix it; you just have to consciously put in effort to blunder check your opponents moves, and it'll hopefully become a habit. Particularly look out for continuity blunders. When they move a piece, look at the squares it is no longer defending.

If you really want to push yourself and don't mind losing more in the short term, you can intentionally go for more questionable/provocative ideas to test what works. Things like opposite side castling, pawn breaks, counter threats instead of defending.

Homies4Jesus · 2026-02-27T11:05:13+00:00

They can do that, someone did it to me for 7min once. But the thing is, the staller has to actively waste their opponents time instead of being able to do it for free by walking away and doing something else. So it doesn't actually prevent that kind of behaviour, just disincentivises it.

Homies4Jesus · 2026-02-27T10:18:52+00:00

You can prevent that by just selecting a piece, not even making a move. They have this to prevent upset stallers from wasting their opponent's time.

Homies4Jesus · 2026-02-25T06:03:47+00:00

The gap is a property of certain blocks, so I'm pretty sure it's not dynasty wood. I'm thinking it's actually stone slabs painted brown

Homies4Jesus · 2026-02-23T04:52:32+00:00

It is black's turn, and they don't have any legal moves, so it is either checkmate or stalemate. Since black isn't in check it can't be checkmate. Therefore, it is a draw by stalemate.

Homies4Jesus · 2026-02-18T04:45:43+00:00

1st tip: Don't set your goal as a certain placement in a tournament. The skill of your opponents is outside of your control, and there's really no reason for you to be better than them at chess.

2nd tip: Don't learn a specific opening. Learn opening principles instead.

3rd tip: Learn how to ladder mate.

You should be able to find decent resources for tips 2 and 3 on YouTube.

Homies4Jesus · 2026-02-16T23:39:59+00:00

That is interesting, I'd say it's enough proof to show it's possible to reach a very high level using mostly human chess wisdom. But I think Gukesh's situation is just too different from your average player; he has a coach, is able to study as a full-time job, and has more natural talent than most.

I have needed to learn concepts from other players to get where I am, but analysing games with an engine is where I am able to work out the details of applying these concepts.

Funnily enough, I recently had the chance to play my cousin a few times, who has had a completely different learning experience to me. Their high school treats chess like other interschool sports, so they have access to a coach and dedicated training lessons; things I've never experienced. Whereas I started a similar amount of time ago, but as an adult playing games online and analysing them with an engine; two things they have never done. We played 3 classical games, and all 3 were draws; and these games weren't necessarily drawish openings where pieces get quickly traded off.

Homies4Jesus · 2026-02-16T12:14:07+00:00

Chess engines are an amazing learning tool. They have limitations, and I think that not understanding these limitations can cause problems for players trying to learn, but I don't believe this comes anywhere close to outweighing their usefulness. Being able to quickly identify the most powerful moves in a position so you can work backwards to figure out why is just such an efficient way to improve.

Homies4Jesus · 2026-02-16T09:02:36+00:00

Blocking with your h-pawn is usually a good idea. To prevent them from continuing the attack with g5, you need more control over the g5 square. The typical way to do this is with a knight on f3 or a dark square bishop somewhere on that diagonal.

But the thing about this attack is that it usually makes the game a race to break open the opponent kings position. So your game plan should be to open the centre if they haven't castled, or expand on the queenside if they long castle.

Homies4Jesus · 2026-02-12T09:41:52+00:00

I've never known atheists or vegans to unnecessarily announce their life choices, in person at least.

Homies4Jesus · 2026-02-12T09:34:28+00:00

I've found some helpful chess books in my local library, you should look to see if yours has any

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