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If it happened, I don't think it happened realtime. Given sufficient notoriety and money involved, it would be possible to just hire someone to essentially run

If it happened, I don't think it happened realtime. Given sufficient notoriety and money involved, it would be possible to just hire someone to essentially run a training model of alpha zero against moves specifically selected to be likely to be made by Magnus, and then all you really need is memorization of key scenarios (which for a good chess person should be no problem) to identify the right move to make.

bombcar 4y ago
That specific scenario is just considered normal good prep - they will even play games against people who "play" their opponent's openings. That's all well known but you can't memorize enough to make a major difference.
ianferrel 4y ago
I don't think that what you described is cheating.