[threatofrain]

Chess.com's position is that FIDE should make its own rulings. But unlike the NFL, there is no "other" NFL that makes any serious money; in chess this is different. The 2022 Global Championship is a tournament organized by Chess.com.

[kregasaurusrex]

I was under the impression that the 2022 Global Championship was an in-person event sponsored by chess.com but instead is fully online. Having read through more of the report with Niemann's interactions with the CEO regarding his previous online cheating, admission of prior cheating & promise to "never ever do it again", and then making statistically improbable moves (yet denies assistance) during online play does raise some suspicion.

While I might personally disagree with the company's decision and think it's a bad image to deny the best players from participating, FIDE doesn't have the same level of oversight over players/sponsors like say the PGA does over its relationships. There is a FIDE Code of Ethics[0] that mentions a ban if an advisory panel finds credible evidence of cheating, where I still believe that centipawn loss and the other metrics published in the aforementioned report don't clear the bar of unconditionally cheating and a ban shouldn't be enforced.

[0] https://handbook.fide.com/files/handbook/EthicsAndDisciplina...