Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann denies using vibrating sex toy to cheat
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Re: Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann denies using vibrating sex toy to cheat
#2I never believed this for a moment, and I think the accusation was so disingenuous and in poor taste that it borders on obnoxiousness.
Carlsen has an ego problem. To be fair, Neimann has been accused of cheating when he was a teenager, but based on the world champions behavior I'm willing to give Neimann the benefit of the doubt. Magnus got beat and he couldn't handle it.
Re: Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann denies using vibrating sex toy to cheat
#3The Daily Star really pulls it's weight.
The original claim was just "cheating", it was the jokey British Tabloid press that made up the sex toy angle.
The daily star isn't supposed to be taken seriously, but somehow it spread and took off a life of it's own.
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#5Wasn't this an Always Sunny episode?
Re: Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann denies using vibrating sex toy to cheat
#6I never believed this for a moment, and I think the accusation was so disingenuous and in poor taste that it borders on obnoxiousness. Carlsen has an ego problem. To be fair, Neimann has been accused of cheating when he was a teenager, but based on the world champions behavior I'm willing to give Neimann the benefit of the doubt. Magnus got beat and he couldn't handle it.
Neimann openly admitted to cheating on chess.com matches (and chess.com released a lot of evidence to the same end). It's not a boogieman.
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#7He's a confirmed cheater. We just don't know for sure that he cheated in that match in particular.
I'm used to games where if someone is caught cheating they're just banned from competitive aspects of the activity going forward. giving them a chance to get better at hiding their cheating doesn't work for games like chess. He should just go to a different pursuit.
Re: Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann denies using vibrating sex toy to cheat
#8The Daily Star really pulls it's weight. The original claim was just "cheating", it was the jokey British Tabloid press that made up the sex toy angle. The daily star isn't supposed to be taken seriously, but somehow it spread and took off a life of it's own.
It was Eric Hansen's (chessbrah) stream that made up the sex toy angle. Everyone else just riffed on that original joke.
Re: Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann denies using vibrating sex toy to cheat
#9Wasn't this an Always Sunny episode?
yes, it makes reference to this allegation.
Re: Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann denies using vibrating sex toy to cheat
#10He's a confirmed cheater. We just don't know for sure that he cheated in that match in particular. I'm used to games where if someone is caught cheating they're just banned from competitive aspects of the activity going forward. giving them a chance to get better at hiding their cheating doesn't work for games like chess. He should just go to a different pursuit.
I read the argument last that he would have needed "James Bond-level tech" to cheat against Magnus, but I'm skeptical.