chess.com

On chess.com there is no official way for Chessconnect interact with the site. Hence, we parse the HTML code of the web page to recognize the position on the board and send simulated mouse clicks to make moves. While this is a very flexible approach, there is always the risk of conflicts with the cheat detection system. Chessconnect does of course not facilitate cheating in any way and we have asked the chess.com organization to recognize Chessconnect as an official and legal way to play games. So far, without success.

That being said, so far there have been very few problems with cheat detection making false accusations against users of Chessconnect. In the rare case of this happening, please contact chess.com support and make them aware that you are using Chessconnect. They are usually very supportive.

Because of the way Chessconnect interacts with the web site, almost everything is possible on chess.com. Bot games, live games, tournaments, and the analysis board all work well with Chessconnect.

It is best to disable premoves on chess.com as this conflicts with the way Chessconnect transmits moves to the site. In most cases you are ok even with premoves enabled. But it is better to turn them off.

Chessconnect will not work properly on this site, if piece animations are set too fast. It is best to leave them on the default setting. Also, you need to have „move method“ set to „click squares“ or „drag or click“. The board setting „white always on bottom“ also interferes with Chessconnect. This must be turned off.