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> The chess.com Pro Chess League they suggest he cheated in 12 games of had a $100,000 prize fund.

I'd argue that an online tournament is bogus if anybody can cheat by using a computer.

You understand that this whole discussion is about how chess.com detected this at the time and booted him, right? They appear to be doing a better job of detecting cheating than OTB tournaments, which doesn’t say to me “anybody can cheat by using a computer”

Their statistical models aren't going to detect accurately a player getting help for a couple of moves during a game, which is already enough to make a big difference.

They may be able to detect consistent cheating over many games, but still, one can assume that cheating is pervasive in online platforms.

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