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There was recently a big 'open chess tourney' (actually https://www.chess.com/article/view/chesscom-global-championship-2022 https://www.chess.com/article/view/
by darepublic 4y ago
There was recently a big 'open chess tourney' (actually https://www.chess.com/article/view/chesscom-global-championship-2022 https://www.chess.com/article/view/chesscom-global-champions...) to be conducted online. A lot of prize money and you could get to play against the top GMs. I laughed at it because of this very reason -- although touted as 'completely open' as an amateur you would never expect to win, and if by some miracle, like playing the lottery you happened to select all the correct moves, you will still be disqualified as a cheater. There is no point have a prize money tournament where amateur can fight GM (except for the PR) because amateur simply cannot win, but even if God possessed them for one game they would not be able to get away with winning.
- pkulak 4y agoYou're underestimating cheat detection. It absolutely is not as simple as "this person played above their rating, therefor they cheated."
- sooyoo 4y agoIronically, that's what I expected the article to be about. Discussing cheating detection. Like it's f**ing title suggests.
- throwaway81523 4y agoTo play the GM's in that event, you have to qualify through some earlier events. And open tournaments are nothing new. They are usually played by the Swiss system, which means you play each round against an opponent whose current score in the tournament is the same as yours. That means the most suspenseful games are in the last round, between the players with the highest scores. That tends to mean GM vs GM, since to be at that scoring level you first have to beat a string of regular masters, IM's, and so on. It's not that simple. (This explanation though is slightly simplified vs the real world details).