Preventing cheating in online chess games?

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Published on 2009-12-14T14:54:33Z Indexed on 2010/05/07 7:48 UTC
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In many online chess lobbies, I've seen instances of 'engining', where a cheater would open a chess program at the same time as the main game window. He would then set it up so that the opponent's moves are relayed to the computer, then which he would copy the computer's moves, until he (almost always) wins.

As a game developer and moderator, what is there to do about this situation?

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