Play Magnus Officially Aquired

Yes if you are a true super genius prodigy then it is very dangerous now to play against Magnus or Hakaru. Because they will just accuse you of cheating if you win and are better than their genius like Hans Niemann

@IbrahimMoizoos :Who or whatever Mr. Niemand is, now he is an examble for the money makers and their power.
The success of chess.com makes it a pool of money makers.
This situation is very sad.
One comes to the other and its becoming worst and worst.
What ́s next? Chess E-Sport? Nude chess? Live Battles on plattforms with pay wall?
Maybe I ́m a bad old white man, but I really don ́t like this way.

@Hedgehog1963 said in #2:
> As I've said on r/chess "-...an attempt to build a monopoly is underway."

It is just the normal pathway companies having rapid growth take.
The plan is more to find a quicker way to add revenue than eliminating the competition.
Chess.com surely has a pretty large monthly overhead obligation ($$).
I'm sure they prefer spending their time on content rather than on cheaters.
Hence, Lichess's utility, as it acts somehow as a decoy site for Chess.com, where "skilled players" test their thing since there are no real consequences if caught.
Just a humble opinion.

The fee's charged by chess.com have increased the fees charged by chess24 have increased. Eventually all fees in chess.com company will go up.

@BeaverB1xQD8 said in #23:
> It is just the normal pathway companies having rapid growth ...
Normal growth would he focussing on the improvement of the facility and appreciation of chess, rather than anal beads and masquerading as the saviour to cheating. Your protagonist is a deceitful and mercenary conglomerate, there is nothing good about their ideology.

Witness the rise of the "Chesscom Syndicate", where all must defer to the Overlords Smarmy Rensch and Smugnus Carlsen.

@GrandPatzerDave said in #26:
> Witness the rise of the "Chesscom Syndicate", where all must defer to the Overlords Smarmy Rensch and Smugnus Carlsen.

I just feel like you could have done better than "Smarmy Rensch".

@userfriendly2 said in #27:
> I just feel like you could have done better than "Smarmy Rensch".

Hahaha, I was in a hurry and when I thought of him, smarmy was the first thing that came to mind. Please do contribute a more accurate pejorative! ;-)

@GrandPatzerDave said in #26:
> Witness the rise of the "Chesscom Syndicate", where all must defer to the Overlords Smarmy Rensch and Smugnus Carlsen.

I just feel like you could have done better than "Smarmy Rensch".@GrandPatzerDave said in #28:
> Hahaha, I was in a hurry and when I thought of him, smarmy was the first thing that came to mind. Please do contribute a more accurate pejorative! ;-)

Hahaha, I can't do much better. Money Rensch maybe?? and Smugnus Carlsen had me laughing