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In my teens I cheated in counter strike, maybe a total of 20 games. As an adult, I still play FPS games but have no interest in cheating. Also cheating in onli

In my teens I cheated in counter strike, maybe a total of 20 games. As an adult, I still play FPS games but have no interest in cheating. Also cheating in online chess is a very low barrier if entry. Anyone can do it. When I did cheat in counter strike, it was as simple as wanting to see how it worked. Downloading some questionable binaries and running them. A simile might be downloading an illegal copy of windows and stealing a car. Both are technically stealing, but stealing windows is not a predictor that you are going to steal a car. Cheating in person so discreetly that no one is even sure that it happened is the opposite. It would have required custom hardware, discreet placement, and a lot of practice reading the data. Nothing suggests that he was a hardware engineer if any sort. How many accomplices did he have? The more people, the harder to keep a secret. Similarly, his offers to rematch and play even naked are really doubling down. Magnus seems scared to entertain these matches.

awb 4y ago
> his offers to rematch and play even naked are really doubling down. Magnus seems scared to entertain these matches. It might make sense to have a theory of how he was cheating before accepting a rematch. Magnus also has nothing to gain. If Magnus loses he looks like a jerk for accusing him of cheating, or an idiot for not being able to setup conditions that prevent him from cheating. If Magnus wins, he proves nothing since he’s expected to win. All it proves is that the first game was a fluke and they’re ratings disparities are accurate.
- georgyo 4y ago
  Since Magnus is a chess grandmaster, are you saying that he applied his skills in real life? Apparently, even if this person was or was not cheating, refusing a rematch and calling him a cheater was the best possible move.
hutrdvnj 4y ago
But it seems as Hans wasn't entirely honest about his cheating and therefore chess dot com banned him a week ago. And there's the incredible sharp increase of rating, basically from 2400 IM level in 2021 to Super GM 2700 level (live ratings) within 2 years. Yes, that is legitimately possible, other players had similar incredible gains, so it's not completely unheard of, but he is either one of the greatest improvers of all-time or something is wrong.
- roflyear 4y ago
  First, you're full of shit - Hans hit 2400 in 2018. Secondly, that increase in rating is totally normal for someone playing around that level. Magnus took about half that time to go from 2300 to 2500. Ding took like 1yr for similar Alireza simiar... https://ratings.fide.com/ https://ratings.fide.com/
  - hutrdvnj 4y ago
    Hans was below 2500 in 2021, that's IM level. A typical young IM is in the 2400-2500 range. To be precise he was 2484 in 2021-Jan as you can verify here https://ratings.fide.com/profile/2093596/chart https://ratings.fide.com/profile/2093596/chart Hence he went from IM level to Super GM level within 1 year and 9 month. Another coincidence is that GM Maxim Dlugy, a coach of Hans, is a known cheater.

awb 4y ago

> his offers to rematch and play even naked are really doubling down. Magnus seems scared to entertain these matches. It might make sense to have a theory of how he was cheating before accepting a rematch. Magnus also has nothing to gain. If Magnus loses he looks like a jerk for accusing him of cheating, or an idiot for not being able to setup conditions that prevent him from cheating. If Magnus wins, he proves nothing since he’s expected to win. All it proves is that the first game was a fluke and they’re ratings disparities are accurate.

georgyo 4y ago
Since Magnus is a chess grandmaster, are you saying that he applied his skills in real life? Apparently, even if this person was or was not cheating, refusing a rematch and calling him a cheater was the best possible move.

hutrdvnj 4y ago

But it seems as Hans wasn't entirely honest about his cheating and therefore chess dot com banned him a week ago. And there's the incredible sharp increase of rating, basically from 2400 IM level in 2021 to Super GM 2700 level (live ratings) within 2 years. Yes, that is legitimately possible, other players had similar incredible gains, so it's not completely unheard of, but he is either one of the greatest improvers of all-time or something is wrong.

roflyear 4y ago
First, you're full of shit - Hans hit 2400 in 2018. Secondly, that increase in rating is totally normal for someone playing around that level. Magnus took about half that time to go from 2300 to 2500. Ding took like 1yr for similar Alireza simiar... https://ratings.fide.com/ https://ratings.fide.com/
- hutrdvnj 4y ago
  Hans was below 2500 in 2021, that's IM level. A typical young IM is in the 2400-2500 range. To be precise he was 2484 in 2021-Jan as you can verify here https://ratings.fide.com/profile/2093596/chart https://ratings.fide.com/profile/2093596/chart Hence he went from IM level to Super GM level within 1 year and 9 month. Another coincidence is that GM Maxim Dlugy, a coach of Hans, is a known cheater.