> as I'd never be sure my opponent wasn't just putting the moves into a computer and playing whatever it told him to play.
100% sure, probably not however all the major online chess sites operate anti-cheat systems and heuristics plus dedicated teams.
I play a lot online and nearly always look at the game with a computer afterwards and you can see that it was a human game (or someone been very clever with how they used the engine).
I mean if you where a GM playing in a ranked tournament with a prize fund I could see the concern but at our level computer cheats are much easier to spot.
100% sure, probably not however all the major online chess sites operate anti-cheat systems and heuristics plus dedicated teams.
I play a lot online and nearly always look at the game with a computer afterwards and you can see that it was a human game (or someone been very clever with how they used the engine).
I mean if you where a GM playing in a ranked tournament with a prize fund I could see the concern but at our level computer cheats are much easier to spot.