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The bigger question to me is why Nieman, who had admitted cheating in the past, was admitted to the tournament in the first place.
by Blackstrat 4y ago
The bigger question to me is why Nieman, who had admitted cheating in the past, was admitted to the tournament in the first place.
- Andrew_nenakhov 4y agoPeople make mistakes. Also, it is kinda difficult to cheat uncaught in over the board games.
- neaden 4y agoPart of it is that he cheated on Chess.com which does not publicize bannings for cheating/punishments, so there wasn't really a reason for the tournament to not invite him since at that point from an organizers perspective it was just rumors.
- Tenoke 4y agoHe hasn't cheated in a FIDE event as far as FIDE knows. Banning him for cheating at 12 and 16 in an unrelated to them place (and not even OTB) without anything else would just be bizarre. Even more so, when players who have actually cheated in actual FIDE OTB games as adults start off with a temporary rather than permanent ban.
- Blackstrat 4y agoCheating is a character issue. If he admits to cheating at 12 and 16, he’s cheated since then and will again.
- roflyear 4y agoNah. People change.
- traes 4y agoThat's a frankly ridiculous point of view. You're talking about a literal child cheating at an online video game. It's not that big of a deal, kids do dumb stuff.
- Blackstrat 4y agoI don’t consider 16 year olds to be children. If they are, they shouldn’t be driving. Yes, all kids do dumb things. But, if you are still behaving stupidly or dishonestly at 16, well that’s a different issue. That it’s no big deal to the younger generation explains why the country is as messed up as it is.
- dhon_ 4y agoWell it sure has generated a lot of attention...