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IP bans only work on someone that doesn't know how to get around it. They are used, but ultimately aren't a solution for a sufficiently motivated person.

You can device id ban.
Not really. Not all connections provide appropriate information to do that. Add to that, a lot of people have multiple different devices and could use shared devices at schools, libraries, or other places.
What the site could do, though it very likely won't happen, is require every account to be tied to a credit card, so the card could be banned, though even that won't work very well since it's possible to have multiple cards. Or require accounts to pay a certain amount to be created or maybe have any social features. If it cost $5 for each account, abuse would be less likely.

That is true, however, there will always be a way for someone to get around the IP bans, and still play. I don't know why they would put in all that effort just to cheat on chess again.

Premium members will get paired together if there's a compatible seek when playing random games, then go to a wider pool if a pairing isn't readily available.
i know people with diamond memberships who have cheated before so that doesn't mean anything. just play the game if an account was made an hour ago or few days ago just abort(about half of new accounts cheat some don't) also talking about cheating in forums is against the rules. unless your 2000+ you shouldn't worry about being cheated against its pretty obvious when they are. its not that common for cheating until the amount of people in the rating pool decrease(ex their are less 2000s than 800s)
also if its 500 to 1400ish dont worry about new accounts its pretty common for new accounts to be around that range

Chess.com doesn't do anything to block cheaters. Sometimes I even think they admire them. Blocking a player with 100% accuracy is easy. But when I report screenshots from engine made by 1200 rated players they never get blocked.

Only if they left game in start. But when i report players with only 90% games. Then admin says they dont cheat. Like u said.. Accuracy is not a good indicator. Like wtf? Is a joke

Kinda 100% obvious people cheat. But i dont think therr are any admins left to bann people. Its waste of time so they stop doing it. Make sense. Even if they will never admit it

The site employs a whole team of fair play staff and developers.
https://support.chess.com/article/648-what-do-i-need-to-know-about-fair-play-on-chess-com
https://www.chess.com/article/view/online-chess-cheating
https://www.chess.com/article/view/chesscom-update-march-2024#FairPlay
The site closed 57,000 accounts last month for fair play violations and has a full team of staff working on reports along with some automated systems for detection.
https://www.chess.com/article/view/fair-play
That said, discussions of cheating, potential cheating, or cheat detection are not allowed in the general forums. If you would like to discuss join the following club. https://www.chess.com/club/cheating-forum