Chess Investigation Finds U.S. Grandmaster ‘Likely Cheated’ More Than 100 Times
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#3It's important to note that the investigation was conducted by chess.com, which is hardly an impartial authority in the matter.
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#6Cheating at 3+2 games while streaming? How's it is even possible to input all moves/positions into a chess program in parallel too main game and also while commenting? IMO it is impossible without some very specialized software or external assistance who would do the clicks. And how does he cheat in over the board events?
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#7It's important to note that the investigation was conducted by chess.com, which is hardly an impartial authority in the matter.
How aren't they impartial? They are obviously an interested party, but do they have an incentive to skew the facts? If so in which direction?
Not doubting you, just genuinely interested.
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#8It's important to note that the investigation was conducted by chess.com, which is hardly an impartial authority in the matter.
How aren't they impartial? They are obviously an interested party, but do they have an incentive to skew the facts? If so in which direction? Not doubting you, just genuinely interested.
Magnus owns a decent stake in them (20% maybe?) and has been very publicly making accusations as well.
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#9Cheating at 3+2 games while streaming? How's it is even possible to input all moves/positions into a chess program in parallel too main game and also while commenting? IMO it is impossible without some very specialized software or external assistance who would do the clicks. And how does he cheat in over the board events?
Computer vision for chess is widely available (and very useful!)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19563768 ("Chessvision.ai – Analyze chess position from websites, images or video", 49 comments)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21162466 ("Show HN: ChessBoss – enhancing physical chessboards with computer vision", 36 comments)
Re: Chess Investigation Finds U.S. Grandmaster ‘Likely Cheated’ More Than 100 Times
#10Cheating at 3+2 games while streaming? How's it is even possible to input all moves/positions into a chess program in parallel too main game and also while commenting? IMO it is impossible without some very specialized software or external assistance who would do the clicks. And how does he cheat in over the board events?
Human assistant?