happened to me too, i stopped playing in 2023, decided to return to play the 2026 daily championships, found my account was closed, i couldnt even appeal, had to create a new one, my guess it was a mistake maybe their automated system flagged my account and i took too long to appeal, my guess.
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Jan 14, 2026
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perfecto-mundo wrote:
had my account closed for fair play violations a while ago (did not cheat, at least as far as i can tell) and chess.com denied the appeal. not really too fussed about the ban, just want to know what it could have been that i was doing wrong, so i dont get banned again. thinking it could be something like the recent win %, but i wasnt playing exactly well then, so maybe not. if anyone feels like being helpful, this was the account -
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any reasons would be appreciated
Beyond what's here, there really isn't any other information available.
https://support.chess.com/en/articles/8568369-what-do-i-need-to-know-about-fair-play-on-chess-com
had my account closed for fair play violations a while ago (did not cheat, at least as far as i can tell) and chess.com denied the appeal. not really too fussed about the ban, just want to know what it could have been that i was doing wrong, so i dont get banned again. thinking it could be something like the recent win %, but i wasnt playing exactly well then, so maybe not. if anyone feels like being helpful, this was the account -
https://www.chess.com/member/bibliographie
any reasons would be appreciated