Response from Caught Cheater - Worth Reading

 I am a really bad speller. I usually try to use the spellchecker before sending. I was laughing so hard I forgot. Roaring Loins doesn't even show up on internet searches. What a great name for a romance novel.

What is your native language, if I might ask?

That's an easy apology to accept.

Applause to erik!

i am glad he didn't cuss people out and blame other people, he/she has figured out his/her punishment in mature!

genuine remorse

Genuine remorse = easy to forgive????

Feel sorry for Anton? A second chance?

Some are put in a higher position of trust by the nature of their job or responsibilities to constiuents, employees, or those they serve.

When they break that trust the infraction is far greater than merely cheating. It's a betrayal of not only their own integrity but also a betrayal to thousands once served. 

Chess.com acted correctly least they too become invalid in character. Lets assure a conviction of solid character remains a founding principle at Chess.com.

Character: It seems to be a troubled commidity in these troubled times.

I agree.  You can accept someone's apology for breaking your trust, but you'd be a fool to allow them back into a position of trust, never-mind the precedent it would set.  In this case putting them back into a position of trust is allowing them to re-open their account, period, nevermind moderator status.

Even if you do find it within yourself to forgive, forgetting is pure folly.

Stop it. You aren't morally superior to anyone in this thread. You're repeatedly reminding us all how you are forgiving someone for wrongs done to SOMEONE BESIDES YOURSELF, ARE YOU INSANE?

One of the hardest things to do is to forgive.  Im sorry but i dont have the time or energy to not forgive.  Life is to short to not be able to let go.

Could a quarantine work? Ok to post and play bullet (no time to cheat)

So after a year or two give the poor bastard a new chance?

I belive in forgiving, nobody is perfect.

I have never found it time consuming or energy sapping to not forgive...on the other hand, forgiving...that takes time and energy!

Rules for playing chess on chess.com are simple.... if you get caught cheeting you're out.

 There is no justifiable reason for cheeting on chess.com

End point: Chess.com has banned the concerned account.

Forgiving: that's up to each individual's philosophy in life.

Forgetting: same as the Forgiving part.

Point of this thread: Cheat, and thine account shall be closed.

What is curious is that Lizard - at 2400 I think - was banned, but there are more obvious cheaters than him, some at 2800 and above, who are tolerated. Quite strange...

Hmm... let's say that from the first 50 players, I think that 3-4 might not be cheating. And I am 100% sure that the rest do cheat :)

Well, you can play high quality chess, even an amateur rated like 1800-1900 can sometimes play in a game like a super-gm! That is absolutely normal. What is not usual is to play consistently at gm level while in fact you are an amateur.

Do you think it's normal that Julio Becerra is not even in the top 200 players here?

GOODNESS.

babs, why do you keep calling costelus "caitlin" which is an Irish girl's name? As for his ratio of cheaters at this stage I am beginning ot agree with him whereas before I felt he exaggereated the issue.  At one stage I hit the top 20 on this site with 2500. (a lot more than my best ever performance rating otb).  Now if I hit 2500 again I wouldn't be in the top 200.  At this stage even a professional can't maintain top 200 it seems.  I know, because I'm an example that player A can beat player B who is higher rated OTB by use of dbases, analysis board etc and more care, but not all the time and not so regularly.  The current top guys play faultless, I mean faultless chess, even when checked with an engine, not just  that I can't see the faults, which wouldn't be that meaningful...

and Ashley