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Chess Investigation Finds That U.S. Grandmaster ‘Likely Cheated’ More Than 100 Times -- (link)

Posted by spamlet Oct 4 '22, 13:37

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https://www.wsj.com/articles/chess-cheating-hans-niemann-report-magnus-carlsen-11664911524?st=ouuguip9qxqij68&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink (www.wsj.com)

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Look, it's none of our business how those chess players get their jollies. If they enjoy sticking things up their ass who are we to judge? -- nm - Ender Oct 4, 15:03
"You're not here for the chess, are ya bud." -- nm - Reagen Oct 4, 13:43
Can somebody cut and paste this? -- nm - David Oct 4, 13:43 13
- Sorry, I thought that would allow viewing. Thanks, Reagen. -- nm - spamlet Oct 4, 13:55
- -- - Reagen Oct 4, 13:43 11
  - So- taking online chess out of the mix for a sec - how does one cheat at chess in these major tournaments? - Turd Ferguson Oct 4, 15:08 2
    - Pretty much all the tech and third party support cheaters bring to casino card games. -- nm - Max Oct 4, 15:59
    - The rumor is (spoilers) - Marlowe Oct 4, 15:13
  - It's this actually news? Didn't he already confess to cheating on chess.com a couple years ago. This isn't new information. -- nm - Ender Oct 4, 15:08 1
    - the scale would be new. -- nm - Reagen Oct 4, 15:43
  - "The report says dozens of grandmasters have been caught cheating on the website, including four of the top-100 players in the world who confessed. " - David Oct 4, 13:50 3
    - There's absolutely cheating in poker. There's RFID readers that can read the whole deck. -- nm - Reagen Oct 4, 14:02 2
      - How do they police this stuff? -- nm - David Oct 4, 14:05 1
        
        you'd have to check for a signal. -- nm - Reagen Oct 4, 14:08
  - Plus this graph from chess.com showing his teenage improvement comparison to Magnus and Bobby Fischer -- (pic) - Max Oct 4, 13:47 [Attachment] 1
    - it seems clear he cheated a lot, but my question here would be how many of those players are in the online age? - mafic Oct 4, 16:44
Bet that wore out the batteries. Yikes. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 13:37

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