Kramnik disagrees with Chess.com so they banned him.

@Cedur216 said in #10:
> @Nomoreusernames get your abusive propaganda, your abusive namecalling and your abusive unrelated bs out of here.
I have only stated facts, apologies if they don't agree with your mood. You say Kramnik is a "rock-bottom awful human being and a pathetic narcissist", I didn't accuse you of name calling or being abusive.

Saying that it is "difficult to see people who are offended by Kramnik as having any principles when they have ignored everything the chess.corn delinquents have perpetrated", I am pointing out my opinion on the lack of principles some people have when they are willing to so savagely attack someone's character based on popularity, whilst not acting on the principles in an even handed way. Which is something you a should celebrate as it is a valid opinion and something a lot of people may be afraid to express. And if you disagree that people should be allowed to express an unpopular opinion on a forum, then you are entitled to explain why you think so. You can't presume the moral high ground on a forum, so either articulate your concern properly or consider the slight to your ego as a lesson to learn from and improve.

@Nomoreusernames said in #11:
> I have only stated facts

Nope. You wrote: "Kramnik has not named anyone". But yes, he most definitely has. First there was Hikaru, and yesterday Kramnik started his embittered campaign by recommending that a 12 year old Turkish prodigy should be investigated, and announced that henceforth he would be adding one further internationally well-known name to the "suspects" list per day.

Magnificent stuff for a past-it ex-World Champion. There is such a thing as resting on your laurels and ageing gracefully, but obviously not for Vlad. He should take an example from Garry or Vishy; Vlad is digging his own grave.

Nonsense! Not once did he accuse anyone. What he made as clear as day was: These performances are totally outside the reality of any human being, they deserve a more rigorous analysis by chess.com. He even took the opportunity to ask chess.com whether his golden chickens are also investigated with the same rigor as commoners. He just threw the bait and the fish bit. Congratulations to Kramnik! To do what he did, first of all you have to have self-love and shame on your face. Having topics, blogs, accounts closed when the issue is against the interests of the two biggest chess sites on the planet is nothing new. Big Kramnik, big hug from Brazil. Only half a dozen players earn millions of dollars from online chess every year, and when a world champion decides to question some anomalies, professional players who make a living from chess, instead of joining him and demanding explanations, decide to call him crazy . This just proves that having a GM tag is not necessarily a sign of intelligence.

@zugzuang said in #13:

>This just proves that having a GM tag is not necessarily a sign of intelligence.

Exactly!! GM Kramnik still has some catching up to do in that area.

@Wasted_Youth said in #14:
> Exactly!! GM Kramnik still has some catching up to do in that area.
Do you mean because Magnus was already falsely accusing teenagers nearly 2 years ago?

@Wasted_Youth said in #14:
> Exactly!! GM Kramnik still has some catching up to do in that area.

Maybe Kramnik really needs to catch up, a GM reaching an average rating of 3627 is an absolutely normal thing. Any suspicion or investigation into this would be blasphemy.

If disagreeing with Chess.com gets you banned, I better start packing my bags. My queen sacrifice for a pawn promotion strategy clearly violates their 'play it safe' policy.

And I disagree with Kramnik. Kramnik vs. Chess.com vs. Me? This is like a three-way endgame where everyone's low on pawns and high on drama.

Does anyone have a link to what he actually said?

@ClappingQueens said in #19:
> Does anyone have a link to what he actually said?

Check out Gotham or Hikaru channels- both have done a vid on the recent happenings, and put Kramnik's statement on the screen. As Gotham said- if you want to, just pause the vid and read the whole statement(s).