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I don't know much about chess so maybe I've got this all wrong, but I don't see how this can be anything but a dick move by Magnus. What information could he p

by lisper 4y ago

I don't know much about chess so maybe I've got this all wrong, but I don't see how this can be anything but a dick move by Magnus. What information could he possibly have obtained in that amount of time that would informed him of whether Has was cheating? And if he didn't obtain that information in real time, why did he agree to the match in the first place? It makes no sense.

lisper 4y ago
Answering my own question (just for the record): I'm pretty sure now that I've looked into this some more that Magnus was contractually obligated to play this game, and so this is hist way of refusing to play without technically breaching the contract. This conclusion was informed by this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cSP9hMpbPo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cSP9hMpbPo