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“The biggest controversy in the chess world took a dramatic new turn on Monday, when the world's top ranked player resigned from a rematch against a teen opponent who unexpectedly beat him earlier this month.

Magnus Carlsen, 31, stunned spectators at the Julius Baer Generation Cup, held virtually on the online chess platform Chess24, by withdrawing after a single move against 19-year-old Hans Niemann.

Announcers at the event were left speechless at the unheard-of resignation, which signaled that Carlsen intended to play in the tournament, but refused to play a match against Niemann.

It comes weeks after Carlsen, the reigning world champion, spectacularly withdrew from the Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis after losing to Niemann, who was playing black…”

Full DailyMail article:
https://mol.im/a/11230979



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I read he (Carlson) left the match because the other guy cheated(s).



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Niemann, allegedly, puts radio controlled beads up his ass and cheats by remote control.

I think the hole situation stinks.


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I read he (Carlson) left the match because the other guy cheated(s).

There’s no evidence that Niemann cheated.



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Niemann, allegedly, puts radio controlled beads up his ass and cheats by remote control.

I think the hole situation stinks.

There’s no evidence that Niemann cheated.



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Niemann, allegedly, puts radio controlled beads up his ass and cheats by remote control.

I think the hole situation stinks.

There’s no evidence that Niemann cheated.

Yup, allegations. No proof.


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Niemann, allegedly, puts radio controlled beads up his ass and cheats by remote control.

I think the hole situation stinks.

There’s no evidence that Niemann cheated.


He has admitted to cheating as a younger player. Does he still cheat? IDK. That’s the allegation….which is why the other player walked away after the 1st move. His form of protest.

I’m not going to personally certify any of that mind you. I’ll just watch safety from the Jeep.


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Niemann, allegedly, puts radio controlled beads up his ass and cheats by remote control.

I think the hole situation stinks.

There’s no evidence that Niemann cheated.


He has admitted to cheating as a younger player. Does he still cheat? IDK. That’s the allegation….which is why the other player walked away after the 1st move. His form of protest.

I’m not going to personally certify any of that mind you. I’ll just watch safety from the Jeep.

Stinks, you say? Nielson is an American, and it stinks to see him slandered without evidence.



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Indeed. No evidence. Kasparov even agrees and stated that Carlson played a poor opening in the previous game.
 
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So how does one cheat at Chess?


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So how does one cheat at Chess?

That's what I was wondering, especially in competitions like this, where every move is watched, recorded and analyzed.



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Chess player here.

All that Niemann needs is something that notifies him, once a game, that a position is critical. These are super grandmasters, the level and skill they have is incomprehensible for normal players to understand.

Chess by now is almost a solved game (it will never be solved, of course!), and a draw is the most likely outcome. Just that small assistance at a critical point in the match is all that is needed.

Having watched Magnus Carlsen play, I’m sympathetic to him in this. He is by far the best chess player to ever compete, and his anti-cheating stance has been well known.

Hans Niemann cheated, and severely enough to be banned from the largest chess platform (Chess.com). Integrity is something you only have once, and his rise since 2019 is distinctly unusual.
 
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Niemann, allegedly, puts radio controlled beads up his ass and cheats by remote control.

I think the hole situation stinks.

There’s no evidence that Niemann cheated.


He has admitted to cheating as a younger player. Does he still cheat? IDK. That’s the allegation….which is why the other player walked away after the 1st move. His form of protest.

I’m not going to personally certify any of that mind you. I’ll just watch safety from the Jeep.

Stinks, you say? Nielson is an American, and it stinks to see him slandered without evidence.


You’re the one who posted the article about him being accused of cheating not me. Take your outrage out on THE DAULY MAIL.

Dude vaulted up from relative nowhere to be a tournament winner. Possible. Maybe. Not likely. And his peers have uninvited him from other tournaments.

From what can read in the article, cheating is not altogether uncommon in chess the last 20 years.

Like I said. Allegedly.


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I've been following this since it started in St. Louis. I'm a big fan of Carlsen but I'm disappointed in him here. I think he's being immature. Niemann was immature and cheated. He was mature to admit it. He said he cheated when he was 12 and 16 and never in an over-the-board tournament. I choose to believe him. He made a mistake and he'll never be able to play without suspicion again. That's justified. I think he deserves the benefit of the doubt sans concrete proof going forward. He beat Magnus with black pieces in a classical game and that hadn't happened in over 50 games for Carlsen. Niemann deserves credit for that and Carlsen should suck it up. I'm a fan of Niemann but I wish that Carlsen would crush him instead of this babyish behavior.



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So how does one cheat at Chess?

The cheating we're talking about here, and what Niemann admitted, concerns online tournaments and using chess engines for aid. In over-the-board, the ridiculous allegations made against Niemann involve bodily inserted items. [I can't even write it--it's so ridiculous.]



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Chess player here.

All that Niemann needs is something that notifies him, once a game, that a position is critical. These are super grandmasters, the level and skill they have is incomprehensible for normal players to understand.

Chess by now is almost a solved game (it will never be solved, of course!), and a draw is the most likely outcome. Just that small assistance at a critical point in the match is all that is needed.

Having watched Magnus Carlsen play, I’m sympathetic to him in this. He is by far the best chess player to ever compete, and his anti-cheating stance has been well known.

Hans Niemann cheated, and severely enough to be banned from the largest chess platform (Chess.com). Integrity is something you only have once, and his rise since 2019 is distinctly unusual.


Chess player here too, a somewhat strong one some years ago. One needs more than once a game to recognize a critical position. The opening had been played before and it stands to reason that Niemann had prepared for Carlson.

Niemann admitted to cheating on chess.com. and only after his win against Carlsen was he banned from chess.com. Hmm?

From theguaradian.com.: "The world’s leading expert on cheating in chess, Dr Kenneth Regan, has analysed all of Niemann’s games over the past two years and his conclusion is there is no reason whatsoever to suspect him of cheating."

So Carlsen loses on purpose. What an arrogant ass.
 
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I'm a chess player myself, try to play anywhere from 1-5 games a day, when schedules allow, but I know little about the competitive chess tournament world, so I find this story interesting.

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
So how does one cheat at Chess?


From the article posted in the OP:

How technology has driven an explosion of cheating scandals at the highest level of chess

Aside from bribing opponents or officials, or falsifying tournament results, most cheating scandals in chess involve covertly receiving suggestions on potential moves.

With the explosion of chess computer programs and devices like cell phones and Bluetooth, tournament officials have had to navigate a minefield of challenges in detecting cheaters in recent years.

At the top levels of competition, players are now routinely scanned with metal detectors before playing in tournaments. But as the defenses against cheating evolve, so do the devious schemes of unethical players. Here are some of the five biggest cheating scandals in recent memory:

2010 FIDE Olympiad Tournament

In the tournament at Russia's Khanty-Mansiysk, French players Cyril Marzolo, Arnaud Hauchard and Sébastien Feller were busted colluding in an elaborate cheating scheme.


Sébastien Feller (above) was one of three French players caught colluding in an elaborate cheating scheme in 2010



Arnaud Hauchard



Cyril Marzolo


While Feller played at the board, Marzolo watched the tournament from home and tracked the game using a chess program.

Selecting ideal moves from the chess engine, Marzolo then texted the moves to Hauchard, the team coach, who would then stand or sit in a certain position to signal the move to Feller.

All three players involved were either a Grandmaster or International Master, and they were all handed lengthy suspensions from the FIDE Ethics Committee.

2014 Iasi Open

At the tournament in Romania, 2239-rated player Wesley Vermeulen was caught cheating by consulting a mobile phone in the toilet.

According to the tournament minutes, Vermeulen cooperated with officials and admitted his guilt when confronted.

He was eventually banned for one year by both the Dutch chess federation and FIDE


2015 Dubai Open Chess Tournament


Georgian grandmaster Gaioz Nigalidze was caught cheating in 2015


Georgian grandmaster Gaioz Nigalidze was banned from the tournament after officials discovered him checking a smartphone with chess software in the bathroom in the middle of a game.

Nigalidze's opponent grew suspicious when the grandmaster repeatedly bolted for the bathroom after each move during a crucial part of the game, tournament officials said.

At first, Nigalidze tried to deny the phone was his. But it was logged into a social media account in his name, and had a program running analyzing the moves in his match, officials said.


2016 Moscow Open

In February 2016, Sergey Aslanov was expelled from the Russian tournament for a consulting a smartphone in the toilet.

The phone was found hidden under a loose tile behind a drainpipe the bathroom.

Aslanov admitted to making an error in leaving he phone in the bathroom, but insisted that he was not guilty of cheating.

He was suspended for one year.


2019 Strasbourg Open


Latvian-Czech grandmaster Igors Rausis was caught red-handed (above) cheating during a tournament in 2019 by consulting a smartphone in the bathroom

In July 2019, Latvian-Czech grandmaster Igors Rausis was caught cheating, in another example of using a mobile phone in the bathroom.

Rausis had long been under suspicion after his rating skyrocketed to nearly 2700 in a precipitous rise.

He admitted to having cheated, and announced his retirement from chess.

'I simply lost my mind yesterday,' he explained to Chess.com. 'At least what I committed yesterday is a good lesson, not for me—I played my last game of chess already.'
 
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Chess player here too, a somewhat strong one some years ago. One needs more than once a game to recognize a critical position. The opening had been played before and it stands to reason that Niemann had prepared for Carlson.

Niemann admitted to cheating on chess.com. and only after his win against Carlsen was he banned from chess.com. Hmm?

From theguaradian.com.: "The world’s leading expert on cheating in chess, Dr Kenneth Regan, has analysed all of Niemann’s games over the past two years and his conclusion is there is no reason whatsoever to suspect him of cheating."

So Carlsen loses on purpose. What an arrogant ass.


Ogie, a few things:

Carlsen had never played that Nimzo opening variant before. The closest you can find is a Carlsen-So match in India, 2019, and by move 7 it’s a completely different line.

Once a match, at a critical juncture with a large centipawn swing, that’s all that is needed. By the way, that’s not me saying it… but Carlsen.

Dr. Regan is approaching it from an engine standpoint, i.e. evaluating whether a player is statistically outside range in his/her moves vs expectation. At that level, it’s not needed to follow engine lines perfectly; just enough info to notify you that an opponent has gone off-line or presented an opportunity is enough to gain enough advantage to bring home a win (or a draw from a previously near-lost position).

The most logical explanation for Carlsen’s actions is that he cannot accuse Niemann of cheating, as there is no solid proof (although Niemann admits to cheating on Chess.com). However, he can refuse to play Niemann going forward. The Julius Baer Cup was one that Magnus had contractually agreed to enter, so he had not many other options. However, going forward I expect him to refuse to enter tournaments that Niemann has an invite to.
 
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So how does one cheat at Chess?


I was a chess player in junior high school. Devoured books and memorized openings, mid-game strategies, and end game tactics. I had an 1800 rating. I think I was good enough that a family friend would drive me to different tournaments.

The cheating in the article that was admitted to was on online games. You cheat by using a computer program that has memorized much more moves than humanly possible and has comprehensive analytical algorithms programmed in. It's easy to do it online since you can just copy the opponents moves and then move as the computer moves.

The way that you can cheat during a live tournament is the same using a computer program or someone really better than you and the other guy. The difficulty is how to get the moves from the expert. In a short story I read, to put an arrogant bully in his place, a chess grandmaster colluded to help a guy who was a weak player beat the bully. The bully knew the guy was cheating but he couldn't prove it. If I remember correctly, the moves were written on the inside of the wrapper lozenges that the guy kept eating throughout the game.



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@ 5 minute demo of cheating at cards Wink


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