Notice: @Seal_The_Deal Plagiarized a Chessable Course

UPDATE: Their study has been removed by Lichess.

@DebanjanKoley spotted that @Seal_The_Deal has plagiarized a Chessable Course.

@Seal_The_Deal has plagiarized a Chessable Course by @GLSmyth 'The Caro-Kann for Club Players'.

The Chessable Course which @Seal_The_Deal plagiarized.

The author confirmed that @Seal_The_Deal had copied the text of their Chessable course (which is copyright-protected).

@Seal_The_Deal's account was created on January 22, 2026. On the same day they joined two prominent study teams which promote studies. Four days later they joined my blog team. They only have one game on their account: a classical game played on the day they joined.

@Seal_The_Deal may be an alt account of another study thief who I wrote about: @Amazing_Tactics, who hasn't been online in 5 days. The fact that they instantly joined two study teams who are known to promote studies as well as my team indicates that this person has had an account before and already knew how to get their stolen studies promoted.

Helpful Tip: Make sure that you set Cloning and Share and Export to 'Only me/Contributors' in the study options box. This stops your study from being easily stolen. You can open the study options box by clicking the 3 horizontal lines in the top right corner of the chapter section (next to the search icon).