It should also be stressed that Hans isn’t somebody who came in off the street and started beating MVL and Magnus out of the blue. He has been known in chess c

It should also be stressed that Hans isn’t somebody who came in off the street and started beating MVL and Magnus out of the blue. He has been known in chess circles for the better part of a decade as a promising junior. It’s not as if people think he lacks the basic capacity to go toe to toe with the champ and stand a chance. It’s hardly like he pulled the wool over peoples eyes for this long. Like you said, cheating in OTB blitz isn’t viable. He’s a high level grandmaster who happens to have a history of cheating.