Anti-Cheating System and Procedures

The Ace-Guard anti-cheating system is central to FIDE online arena’s player protection, and the fruit of many years of painstaking research, as well as significant technical development and financial investment. It offers a totally unprecedented level of protection and security. It has been approved by national chess federations and FIDE. Furthermore, the system is rigorously checked and tested over an extended period of time and has a proven track record of success.

The work done by the anti-cheating system is complemented by FIDE’s procedures and a team of experts, making it particularly difficult for anyone to cheat for an extended period of time. All members of FIDE online arena can be identified by means of their FIDE ID numbers. FIDE is 100% committed to maintaining the high reputation chess enjoys and anyone found to be cheating faces strict sanctions not limited to online chess, further reducing the likelihood of cheating.

It is important to emphasize that the vast majority of players love chess and only a tiny number of people try to cheat. Decisions regarding cheating are never taken lightly and involve evaluating many factors over a period of time so action taken against a player is never immediate. It would be a serious mistake for a cheater to presume that because individual cases of cheating are not punished immediately that their cheating has not been detected.