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Re:The Full Chess Cheating Report of Hans Neiman by gpm on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @11:07PM (#33090631)
[Edit: This paragraph is wrong] As I see it he was largely banned for lying about his past cheating... which makes a lot of sense given that one of the conditions they impose for reinstating the account is telling the truth about the cheating (at least privately).

Either way, chess.com kept their side of the deal, their side of the deal was "and we can ban you at any time in the future for any reason or even no reason whatsoever". Frankly that strikes me as a very fair term in a deal for reinstating a admitted cheaters access to your tournaments with large cash prizes...

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Re:The Full Chess Cheating Report of Hans Neiman by boole1854 on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @11:54PM (#33091010)
The famous interview where (we now know) he lied came after he was banned again by chess.com.

As stated in the report, the reason he was banned again was that the insinuations from Magnus caused the chess.com team to reevaluate whether or not they could trust him not to cheat going forward, especially with an upcoming tournament with a million dollar prize on the horizon. After this reevaluation, they decided their previous leniency was unwarranted.

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Re:The Full Chess Cheating Report of Hans Neiman by gpm on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @11:59PM (#33091049)
Oops, I really should have double checked the timeline...

Edited to warn people that that portion of my post was incorrect.

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