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Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden
They're not the authority on OTB chess. FIDE's report will be the conclusive report.
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Right, so while there are all kinds of red flags they don't want to conclude there is cheating. It's not a great look for Niemann though. He was found to have cheated quite reliably, and often. He has made a meteoric rise which has never been seen in history.
I do agree that people should be given a lot of leeway from who they were/are as teenagers. I'm pretty sure that if I met 14-22 year old Slava today I wouldn't have a lot of time for him! So, I get what you're saying. But there's also an element of a track record here.