I also believe that being asked to participate in anti-cheating measures is NOT an accusation, or even a "fairly pointed suspicion" as Nate put it - it's just an unfortunate necessity in the age of Stockfish. I'd liken it to having your bag searched at an airport: it's not particularly pleasant, but it doesn't ruin your day unless you let it.
It may not be "buried deep" in the fine print, but it's also one of those things that no one reads. Let's say you're installing a piece of software, and the license agreement pops up. The first page might say that you're giving the company the right to abduct your children, but do you read it? If you're like 99.99% of users, the answer is no - you click "I have read and agree to the conditions" and get on with using the software.
I agree that the request to enter a Zoom call is not in itself an accusation, and didn't meant to claim that it was. (On the other hand, when a young black man is pulled over for driving a nice car, is that an accusation? Not necessarily, but...) But it does seem like a nasty bit of profiling unless one's play is extremely suspicious. The guy has a very good rating, certainly good enough to beat GMs in blitz on a regular basis, and when he gets a good but somewhat lucky win against Nakamura and then defeats another GM his reward is to have the Chess.com system say "Yeah...no, we're not so sure about this. Mind showing us your home and playing for us on a Zoom call?" If his games blew up a Ken Regan-style detection system, then sure; if it's just FM beats GM, then no.
Anyway, it's true that the existence of strong engines creates a problem, and it's seldom clear exactly where to draw the lines. But it is upsetting to be an honest player who has never been accused of doing anything untoward, only to have one's greatest success immediately called into question. And that doesn't seem particularly like having one's bags searched at the airport. Taking a flight isn't some sort of lifetime achievement - it typically isn't *any* sort of achievement; beating Nakamura in blitz is.
The requirement to enter a Zoom call is indeed part of Titled Tuesday, and it's not exactly buried deep in pages of "fine print". See https://www.chess.com/article/view/titled-tuesday
I also believe that being asked to participate in anti-cheating measures is NOT an accusation, or even a "fairly pointed suspicion" as Nate put it - it's just an unfortunate necessity in the age of Stockfish. I'd liken it to having your bag searched at an airport: it's not particularly pleasant, but it doesn't ruin your day unless you let it.
It may not be "buried deep" in the fine print, but it's also one of those things that no one reads. Let's say you're installing a piece of software, and the license agreement pops up. The first page might say that you're giving the company the right to abduct your children, but do you read it? If you're like 99.99% of users, the answer is no - you click "I have read and agree to the conditions" and get on with using the software.
I agree that the request to enter a Zoom call is not in itself an accusation, and didn't meant to claim that it was. (On the other hand, when a young black man is pulled over for driving a nice car, is that an accusation? Not necessarily, but...) But it does seem like a nasty bit of profiling unless one's play is extremely suspicious. The guy has a very good rating, certainly good enough to beat GMs in blitz on a regular basis, and when he gets a good but somewhat lucky win against Nakamura and then defeats another GM his reward is to have the Chess.com system say "Yeah...no, we're not so sure about this. Mind showing us your home and playing for us on a Zoom call?" If his games blew up a Ken Regan-style detection system, then sure; if it's just FM beats GM, then no.
Anyway, it's true that the existence of strong engines creates a problem, and it's seldom clear exactly where to draw the lines. But it is upsetting to be an honest player who has never been accused of doing anything untoward, only to have one's greatest success immediately called into question. And that doesn't seem particularly like having one's bags searched at the airport. Taking a flight isn't some sort of lifetime achievement - it typically isn't *any* sort of achievement; beating Nakamura in blitz is.