Fairplay Score

At Checkmate.live, our unwavering commitment to fair play shapes the heart of our community. We believe in creating a gaming environment where competition is fair, tolerant, and enjoyable for all. Our Fairplay Score system is a reflection of this ethos, categorizing player behaviors to uphold the integrity and enjoyment of our platform.

Fairplay Score System:

Tierl 1 - Severe Integrity Violations:

• Using bots, cheats, exploits, hacking, or scripting.

• Bribery or extortion attempts towards officials or admins

• Hacking or using unauthorized chess engines and aids.

• Third-party assistance

• Match-fixing.

• Betting on own games

• Elo Boosting

• Exploiting game glitches

• Manipulating network conditions

Teir 2 - Serious Misconduct:

• Unauthorized release of private communications

• Baseless cheating accusations

• Doxing

• Collusion

• Account sharing

• Smurfing

• Impersonation

• Stream sniping

• In-game harassment

• False reporting of cheating or fairplay breaches

Teir 3 - Unsporting Behavior and Toxic communication

• Political statements or actions

• Hate speech and discriminatory behavior*

• Threatening or abusive behaviour

• Griefing

• Intentional feeding or throwing games

• Inactivity or AFK

Teirl 4 - Minor Infractions:

• Disconnections and late arrivals.

• Abandoning games

• Inappropriate nicknames or avatars

• Spamming

• Minor gameplay disruptions

* Tiered Response

• First Offense: In cases where a player's behavior is borderline or unclear, we provide a warning

• Repeated or Clear Violations: More severe or repeated violations are escalated to higher levels of penalties.