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dmat61
So, I'm fairly new at chess.com and have just started playing online games against folks that chess.com matches me up with versus only playing friends on the app before that.

Is it OK to use the analysis and/or the explorer options during games to help myself walk-through potential moves? Both of those icon options on the bottom of my phone are active during online games so I'm assuming yes? Otherwise it seems like chess.com would just dull them out and make them inactive until the game has been completed.

Educate me please as I don't want to break any rules.
Martin_Stahl
dmat61 wrote:
So, I'm fairly new at chess.com and have just started playing online games against folks that chess.com matches me up with versus only playing friends on the app before that.
Is it OK to use the analysis and/or the explorer options during games to help myself walk-through potential moves? Both of those icon options on the bottom of my phone are active during online games so I'm assuming yes? Otherwise it seems like chess.com would just dull them out and make them inactive until the game has been completed.
Educate me please as I don't want to break any rules.

https://support.chess.com/en/articles/8568369-what-do-i-need-to-know-about-fair-play-on-chess-com

In Daily games you can use Explorer and the in game analysis, without an engine.

In Live games, you can't use either