Conjecture is very dangerous. His cheating online in the past (whether once or 100 times) does not correlate to his in person game with Magnus Carlsen.
No one thought anything of the game at the time, outside of Magnus Carlsen playing a bit out of character and making some errors.
It was only until Carlsen forfeited the tournament and put a cheat tweet accusation that the snowball effect started. We still have zero evidence of any cheating in the game.
So you have 2 problems, both of which are bad:
Hans Niemann did not cheat and a young promising chess player with a checkered past is being unfairly scarlet letter'ed due to unproven allegations.
Hans Neimann did cheat, but the method has not been found meaning that the integrity of the game may be compromised and cheating may be more rampant then ever known.
One problem is worst then the other. They better find the method fast if Neimman is going to be found guilty without any evidence. Carlsen needs to explain himself and his allegations, not the other way around.
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