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He admits to cheating in the video linked below. However, that's when he was 12 (and 16) and his friend helped. It is much more different situation then anal be
by tradertef 4y ago
He admits to cheating in the video linked below. However, that's when he was 12 (and 16) and his friend helped. It is much more different situation then anal beads or electronics in your shoe.
Disclaimer: don't know much about chess, let alone professional chess.
- PKop 4y agoAnd chess.com and Magnus have disputed that Hans has admitted to all of the times he has cheated.
- mccorrinall 4y agoThen they should just provide evidence instead of allegations. Innocent until proven guilty.
- KvanteKat 4y agoThe fundamental asummetry at play here is that cheating is a lot easier than detecting cheaters in modern chess. As such, I'm not sure insisting on people shutting up unless they can provide ironclad evidence won't just lead to professional chess becoming rife with cheaters (which is presumably the "existential threat" to proffessional chess that Carlsen reffers to in his statement). I admit that it is a trickly problem, and I agree that Carlsen's behavior here is not beyond reproach. Withdrawing from the tournament only after having lost a game makes the statement much less impactfull since one can not discount the possibility that he's just being a rather sore looser. I would personally have respected his decision much more if he had followed his impulse (again, referred to in his statement) to withdraw as soon as Niemann had been invited to the tournament in the first place.
- lupire 4y agoAlso his coach was caught cheating in a titled tournament on chess.com