he seems to be a key figure in early chess.com. why'd he get banned
He wasn't banned but closed his own account.
https://www.chess.com/member/minichess
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/where-is-master-bill-wall#comment-98154313
I am here almost everyday. I changed my handle from billwall to minichess several years ago due to being a little bit more anonymous. I still contribute here with lessons, helping others, contributing short miniature games games, playing a few blitz games, etc. I have never been banned here and am one of the first players on this site. Now retired after 50 years of military service and government contractor work (L3Harris), I spend a lot of my spare time writing chess books and coaching chess locally. I have written 64 books so far, all available at Amazon. I just finished 600 Petroff Miniatures and working on 500 Budapest Gambit games.
I am here almost everyday. I changed my handle from billwall to minichess several years ago due to being a little bit more anonymous. I still contribute here with lessons, helping others, contributing short miniature games games, playing a few blitz games, etc. I have never been banned here and am one of the first players on this site. Now retired after 50 years of military service and government contractor work (L3Harris), I spend a lot of my spare time writing chess books and coaching chess locally. I have written 64 books so far, all available at Amazon. I just finished 600 Petroff Miniatures and working on 500 Budapest Gambit games.
billwall's chess page site.
I don't know if you are aware of that, or changed the url?
he seems to be a key figure in early chess.com. why'd he get banned