Technology, online play, and variants
Accounts and identity
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False identity
Level: IntermediateCompetitive participation under an identity that does not belong to the person actually playing or recorded as the player.
Account sharing
More than one person using the same chess account, especially when someone plays games on behalf of the account holder.
Smurfing
Using an account that presents a strong player as far weaker than the player really is.
