Tal Baron banned?

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Avatar of Long_Hair_Dont_Care

What happened with this guy? I was looking at the list of top rated players and noticed his name wasn't there. So I looked up his profile and saw that his account was closed. Did I miss the article on this or something? 

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It does seem that his account was closed, but I don't see a cheater's icon next to his name in his games archive (https://www.chess.com/games/archive?username=Tal-Baron)

Avatar of Long_Hair_Dont_Care
SJFG wrote:

It does seem that his account was closed, but I don't see a cheater's icon next to his name in his games archive (https://www.chess.com/games/archive?username=Tal-Baron)

 I just can't see why else his account wouldn't be active. I mean someone that was making Titled Tuesdays look like an easy payday wouldn't close their account themselves just because. Maybe he was asked to close his account and leave quietly? 

Avatar of Long_Hair_Dont_Care

So nobody has any info on this?

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Look on YouTube there is a confession from Tal Baron.

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Long_Hair_Dont_Care wrote:

So nobody has any info on this?

caught cheating in 2 Titled Tuesday events October 2015.

finally admitted to it in a youtube video, although not to the full extent he was cheating... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahkp9y9BVEg