@LegendaryQueen 1. Hans was banned twice. Once when he was 12, and once when he was 16. If his only infraction was at 12 years old, then I wouldn't be commenting on the matter, and it's unclear if Magnus would have quit the tournament.
2. Hans assassinated his own character when he chose to dedicate himself to years of cheating and disrespecting chess and other chess players.
3. My post had several upvotes and a heart, but they disappeared each time I edited.
4. If the chess world is finally taking a stand against cheaters and using Hans to send the message, then I support that initiative.
And again, I really can't stress this enough...If the last time he was caught cheating was when he was 12 years old, then I would be quietly watching and wondering why they're chastising someone for something that they did when they weren't even a teenager, yet.
As I understand it, he took 6 months off of making money from the chess world as a punishment.
And for the many people who've spent decades facing cheaters, suspecting cheaters, investigating cheaters, and banning cheaters (some of us pro-bono), many of us don't think that that is ample punishment compared to the damage that cheating causes chess.
Even this entire conversation is a result and direct consequence of people who choose to cheat.
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You're right!
"Why all of the hostility, negative attitude, and attacking?" - Legendary Queen (paraphrased)
I agree with this, fully. It is completely unnecessary and completely avoidable.
However, I see the reaction of the chess world to cheaters as a consequence of the first-cause hostility, negative attitude, and attack.
That first cause is the cheating itself, which is done by people like Hans, who spend years damaging the integrity of the game, damaging the positivity, disrespecting and insulting his peers, and causing ripple effects that culminate in this less-than-positive thread/conversation.