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GM Wesley_So Closing Account (Comments)

What makes him think he can find a better website without cheaters? If you play unknown players there's always the possibility to get paired with a cheater, compared to just playing titled players.

Lichess does a very good job at marking cheaters, I have never seen this on other chess websites, I don't even think there is a report cheat option on other chess websites.
Wesley So is a great chess player. So far, he does very well everyone at USA Chess Championship tournament. Right now, he has 2/2. Perhaps he is like Bobby Fischer: very good chess player with very bad personality, morals, and social skills.
There's some rumors that other notable IMs like the chessbrahs have been contracted not to play here by chess.com. Aman denies it, but regardless, they haven't streamed on lichess in a while as far as I know.
i've been following Wesley for 2 years now when came back to chess after buying a nice S6 Edge Samsung phone. I had high hopes for him for world championship because he is young. But in Sept2015 he grabbed a pawn and was eliminated in the World Championship for 2016. I analyzed his games and all the drama (including published emails with his parents). My conclusion is this: Technically, Wesley is at par or can beat Magnus and Wesley can be #1 in his purest best form. But chess, is much more than just technical. There is emotion, and non-chess subtle tactics and it is here that Wesley fell short. He has no mental coach, no advisers no staff. These are unfavorable conditions to become #1. But in retrospect, I am puzzled how did Bobby Fisher did it. But Fisher was a genius. The likes of Bruce Lee, and Manny Pacquiao. Todays chess players are just talented, with strong computer-assist in their training. It takes a really deep look into chess, to realized that chess is now a memorization game and Fisher was able to see this.

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