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"status": "research-draft" }, "canonicalUrl": "https://ver.cy/models/thing/q627699/", "model": { "registry_id": "vr.tr.cheating-in-chess", "name": "cheating in chess", "purpose": "Enable an AI agent to describe, assess and respond to suspected cheating in chess while distinguishing prohibited conduct, evidence, allegations and established findings.", "definition": "Cheating in chess is intentional conduct that violates the rules governing fair competition to obtain an improper advantage or manipulate a result, including unauthorized assistance and collusion.", "scope_statement": "This model owns chess-specific conduct that may improperly influence play, results or competitive standing through prohibited assistance, deception or manipulation, including the context and evidence needed to assess a case under its applicable rules.", "in_scope": [ "Unauthorised engine, database or human assistance during chess play", "Identity substitution and account use intended to misrepresent who is 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opportunity must be distinguished from evidence that assistance was actually used." }, { "name": "Engine agreement measurement", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Matched eligible moves divided by evaluated eligible moves, with engine configuration, matching rule and move-selection method recorded", "why_it_matters": "Makes an analysis reproducible without treating agreement as a verdict." }, { "name": "Evidence provenance", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Evidence item linked to collector, collection time, original source and transformations", "why_it_matters": "Allows reviewers to evaluate authenticity, completeness and reproducibility." }, { "name": "Intent assessment", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Supported; disputed; unknown; not required by the cited provision", "why_it_matters": "Separates mental-state claims from observed conduct and rule requirements." }, { "name": "Case disposition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Reported; screened; investigating; unresolved; breach found; allegation not substantiated; closed without determination; under appeal", "why_it_matters": "Prevents a report, precautionary restriction or account action from being presented as a final finding." } ], "affordances": [ "Classify alleged chess conduct against the applicable rules and permitted assistance.", "Assemble an evidence timeline linked to games, moves, participants and assistance opportunities.", "Compare suspicious play with documented alternative explanations and suitable baselines.", "Route a supported concern to the responsible arbiter, organiser or platform through its authorised process.", "Record decisions, remedies and appeals with their reasons and limits.", "Select proportionate integrity controls appropriate to the playing format." ], "agent_conduct": { "may": [ "Explain what counts as cheating in chess and how organizations detect and sanction it.", "Help organizers set fair-play procedures for events they run." ], "must_not": [ "Help a player obtain engine assistance, outside assistance or signals during play when prohibited by the applicable playing rules.", "Accuse a named player of cheating without a ruling or solid evidence.", "Help a cheater avoid fair-play detection.", "Present statistical suspicion as proof of guilt." ], "requires_human": [ "Reporting a specific player to an arbiter or federation." ] }, "ethics": { "considerations": [ "False accusations can ruin a player's reputation and career.", "Cheating robs honest players of results and prize money." ], "affected_parties": [ "Honest players", "Accused players", "Tournament organizers" ] }, "owners": { "steward": "Nobody owns the conduct; national federations, the world chess federation and online platforms enforce fair-play rules.", "master_systems": [] }, "what_it_is_for": [ "The concept is used in tournament administration, online play and disciplinary review to distinguish prohibited conduct from permitted preparation and assistance.", "Assessments 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"what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-en", "title": "Wikipedia: Cheating in chess", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheating_in_chess", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "chess-rule-boundaries", "name": "Chess rule boundaries", "description": "Establishes which forms of assistance and competitive conduct are permitted in the specific chess setting.", "rationale": "Cheating cannot be identified from a resource or behaviour without knowing the rules governing its use.", "layers": [ { "id": "format-and-assistance", "name": "Format and assistance", "description": "Locates the game within its rules for engines, reference materials, communication and supervision.", "findings": [ { "id": "assistance-permission-boundary", "name": "Assistance permission boundary", "description": "Record permission by resource, user, timing and playing format, including any unresolved interpretation.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which engines, books, databases, notes or human communications were permitted during this game?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "assistance-permission-boundary-q01" }, { "text": "Which dated competition or platform provision establishes each permission or prohibition?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "assistance-permission-boundary-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "violation-and-intent", "name": "Violation and intent", "description": "Separates cheating allegations from accidental mistakes, technical infringements and disputed rule interpretations.", "findings": [ { "id": "conduct-classification", "name": "Conduct classification", "description": "Identify the alleged act and rule elements without assuming every chess infringement establishes deliberate cheating.", "questions": [ { "text": "Is the alleged act prohibited assistance, deceptive conduct, result manipulation or a procedural infringement?", "kind": "definition", "id": "conduct-classification-q01" }, { "text": "Does the cited provision require intent, actual use of assistance, possession of a device or another specified condition?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "conduct-classification-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "assistance-and-player-identity", "name": "Assistance and player identity", "description": "Describes external contributions to move selection and misrepresentation of who is playing.", "rationale": "A model must distinguish access to a chess resource, receipt of advice and substitution of the player.", "layers": [ { "id": "external-move-input", "name": "External move input", "description": "Connects alleged outside assistance to particular decisions during play.", "findings": [ { "id": "assistance-use-link", "name": "Assistance use link", "description": "Record the alleged source and timing of assistance and the evidence linking it to play, without equating access with use.", "questions": [ { "text": "What evidence links an engine, reference source or other person to the player's decisions during the game?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "assistance-use-link-q01" }, { "text": "Which affected moves and assistance opportunities can be placed on the same timeline?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "assistance-use-link-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "actual-player", "name": "Actual player", "description": "Examines whether the represented participant made the decisions attributed to them.", "findings": [ { "id": "identity-and-control", "name": "Identity and control", "description": "Separate account ownership, actual control during play and any authorised participation arrangement.", "questions": [ { "text": "Who controlled the account or made the moves during the disputed game, and what supports that attribution?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "identity-and-control-q01" }, { "text": "Was any substitution, shared participation or account arrangement authorised under the applicable rules?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "identity-and-control-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "result-and-rating-manipulation", "name": "Result and rating manipulation", "description": "Covers improper coordination or deliberate performance distortion affecting chess outcomes.", "rationale": "Cheating may target results, standings or ratings without improving move quality through outside assistance.", "layers": [ { "id": "coordinated-game-outcomes", "name": "Coordinated game outcomes", "description": "Examines alleged agreements to produce particular results.", "findings": [ { "id": "prearrangement-versus-permitted-draw", "name": "Prearrangement versus permitted draw", "description": "Record the alleged agreement, its timing and rule basis while separating it from permitted draw agreements and independent strategic choices.", "questions": [ { "text": "What evidence indicates an agreement to predetermine the result rather than a decision made during legitimate play?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "prearrangement-versus-permitted-draw-q01" }, { "text": "How do the applicable rules distinguish a permitted draw agreement from prohibited result prearrangement?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "prearrangement-versus-permitted-draw-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "standing-distortion", "name": "Standing distortion", "description": "Examines alleged deliberate losses or coordinated games intended to alter competitive standing.", "findings": [ { "id": "rating-and-qualification-target", "name": "Rating and qualification target", "description": "Link alleged manipulation to the rating, pairing, prize, title or qualification outcome it could affect.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which rating or competition outcome could the alleged deliberate losses or coordinated results change?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "rating-and-qualification-target-q01" }, { "text": "What supports deliberate manipulation rather than poor form, fatigue, experimental play or ordinary variance?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "rating-and-qualification-target-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "chess-evidence-and-inference", "name": "Chess evidence and inference", "description": "Structures game analysis, observations and records used to assess an allegation.", "rationale": "Chess performance evidence is sensitive to position difficulty, analytical choices and the availability of corroboration.", "layers": [ { "id": "move-and-time-analysis", "name": "Move and time analysis", "description": "Makes performance analysis reproducible and explicit about its limitations.", "findings": [ { "id": "contextualised-performance-signal", "name": "Contextualised performance signal", "description": "Record engine agreement and timing patterns with their analytical settings, comparison population and alternative explanations.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which engine version, search settings, eligible positions and move-matching criteria produced the reported signal?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "contextualised-performance-signal-q01" }, { "text": "How were forced moves, opening preparation, time control, player strength and sample selection accounted for?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "contextualised-performance-signal-q02" }, { "text": "What conclusions does the analysis support, and which claims about assistance or intent remain unsupported?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "contextualised-performance-signal-q03" } ] } ] }, { "id": "corroboration-and-record-integrity", "name": "Corroboration and record integrity", "description": "Assesses the reliability and independence of observations and technical records.", "findings": [ { "id": "evidence-chain-and-alternatives", "name": "Evidence chain and alternatives", "description": "Preserve provenance for game scores, clock records, observations and relevant technical evidence, including contradictory material.", "questions": [ { "text": "Who collected each record, when was it collected, and has it been altered or selectively excerpted?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "evidence-chain-and-alternatives-q01" }, { "text": "Which evidence independently corroborates the allegation, and which items merely repeat the same underlying signal?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "evidence-chain-and-alternatives-q02" }, { "text": "What missing or contradictory evidence could materially change the assessment?", "kind": "action", "id": "evidence-chain-and-alternatives-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "case-resolution-and-prevention", "name": "Case resolution and prevention", "description": "Connects evidence to authorised decisions, remedies and future integrity controls.", "rationale": "Recognising a suspected case must support careful action without collapsing suspicion, provisional measures and adjudication.", "layers": [ { "id": "adjudication-and-review", "name": "Adjudication and review", "description": "Records the responsible authority, decision standard, response opportunities and appeal state.", "findings": [ { "id": "reasoned-case-disposition", "name": "Reasoned case disposition", "description": "Track the allegation separately from interim restrictions, findings, sanctions and subsequent review.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which arbiter, organiser, platform or governing body has authority to determine this allegation, and under what evidentiary standard?", "kind": "action", "id": "reasoned-case-disposition-q01" }, { "text": "What was decided, on which evidence, and what opportunity existed to respond or appeal?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "reasoned-case-disposition-q02" }, { "text": "Which games, ratings, standings or prizes does the decision authorise changing?", "kind": "action", "id": "reasoned-case-disposition-q03" } ] } ] }, { "id": "format-specific-controls", "name": "Format-specific controls", "description": "Relates preventive measures to the suspected mechanism and practical conditions of play.", "findings": [ { "id": "proportionate-integrity-control", "name": "Proportionate integrity control", "description": "Select authorised controls for devices, communication, identity or supervision while accounting for accessibility, privacy and enforceability.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which permitted control directly addresses the identified assistance, substitution or manipulation opportunity?", "kind": "action", "id": "proportionate-integrity-control-q01" }, { "text": "How will its effectiveness, mistaken interventions and effects on legitimate participation be assessed?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "proportionate-integrity-control-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "evidence-and-external-alignment", "name": "Evidence and external alignment", "description": "What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.", "rationale": "A model that cannot be lined up against existing standards, identifiers and practice cannot be adopted by anyone who already uses them.", "layers": [ { "id": "reported-evidence", "name": "Reported evidence", "description": "Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.", "findings": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes", "name": "Check these first", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "This is a recall-based account; current editions, titles, and scope of FIDE documents should be verified.", "There is no universal engine-agreement threshold that establishes cheating; statistical evidence requires contextual interpretation.", "Intentional cheating should be distinguished from rule infringements that may attract penalties without proof of intent, such as some device-related violations." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of cheating in chess this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-kinds", "name": "Kinds and varieties", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Unauthorized chess-engine assistance during play", "Unauthorized advice from another person during play", "Consultation of prohibited notes, books, or databases", "Collusion to fix game results or tournament outcomes", "Impersonation or account sharing to substitute a player", "Deliberate manipulation of clocks, positions, or recorded results" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of cheating in chess this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation", "name": "Standards and regulation", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "FIDE Laws of Chess, issued by the International Chess Federation", "FIDE Fair Play Regulations, issued by the International Chess Federation", "FIDE Ethics and Disciplinary Code, issued by the International Chess Federation", "Platform-specific fair-play policies issued by online chess operators" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01", "text": "Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of cheating in chess this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-real-world-use", "name": "Real-world use", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Tournament arbiters apply competition rules when investigating suspected unauthorized assistance.", "Online chess platforms combine game analysis and account or session evidence to investigate fair-play violations.", "Tournament organizers use device restrictions, controlled playing areas, and supervision to reduce opportunities for cheating.", "Disciplinary bodies assess evidence and impose sanctions under their applicable procedures.", "Statistical researchers study move choices and playing performance to develop indicators of possible external assistance." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of cheating in chess this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-measurements", "name": "Typical measurements", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "quantity": "Agreement between played moves and an engine's preferred moves", "typical_range": "0-100%; interpretation depends on positions, engine settings, player strength, and the definition of agreement", "unit": "percent" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of cheating in chess this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards", "name": "Failure modes and hazards", "description": "Recalled 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apply.", "Online platform policies and enforcement procedures differ from those used in over-the-board competitions." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of cheating in chess this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-neighbours", "name": "Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "name": "Illegal move", "difference": "An illegal move violates movement or position rules but may be accidental; cheating involves intentional unfair conduct." }, { "name": "Gamesmanship", "difference": "Gamesmanship seeks advantage through psychological or procedural tactics; whether it constitutes cheating depends on whether the conduct intentionally breaches applicable rules." }, { "name": "Match fixing", "difference": "Match fixing manipulates an agreed outcome 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within the same category?", "What assistance permissions and exceptions apply across correspondence, hybrid, accessibility-supported and other less standard chess settings?", "Which chess performance analyses have independently evaluated error rates for relevant skill levels, time controls and sample sizes?", "How do different adjudicating authorities combine statistical signals with direct evidence, and what information is available for meaningful review?", "How should this model relate to existing Vercy models for cheating, competitive integrity and chess without duplicating their scope?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 6, "layers": 11, "findings": 18, "questions": 31 } }