I hear chess.com is better at combating cheaters. Hard to prove / disprove the claim. Anyways, I guess this is one reason for some people.
Sponsoring players and influencers certainly helps cementing their brand.
Sponsoring players and influencers certainly helps cementing their brand.
That contradicts what I have been hearing. And it makes total sense. Unlike on lichess, the incentives are wrong for chess.com to remove whale cheaters.
Special guest - Vladimir Kramnik, who has being researching cheating in chess with stats, quite intersting / disturbing