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You Don't Get to Know Who Won the Titled Arena, Sorry.

This could catch on in OTB.
Anonymous new player dressed always as Batman bursts on the scene. He wins all the necessary qualifying stages then takes on Carlsen still only known as Batman....
Reading tournament chat the identity of RebeccaHarris still is a mystery. The speculation about their identity adds some fun to it.
According to Lichess policy, players can't have multiple accounts. So if the anynomous GMs respect the policy, even when we don't know who they are, we know who they are not. So a player like Carlsen, who already has a known account shouldn't be one of them.
@aomrane_94

The one account policy is apparrently not enforced. Carlsen has six that I know of, ManWithaVan, DamnSaltyThatSport, DannytheDonkey, DrDrunkenstein, DrNykterstein, and DrGrekenstein.
Let titled players remain anonymous. Having more of them play is better than knowing who they all are.
The fact that they are anonymous allow them to play entertaining chess without the pressure of losing. Keep it like that
Playing anonymously is one of the things I like in online chess. I would'nt play in Lichess if I had to give my real identity. And I am far from being a GM. So I can understand why GM don't want their identity revealed. They can test openings against other strong GMs, or only have some fun without pressure. They wouldn't play if it was not anonymous, just as myself. Let's keep it this way.

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