Biggest chess scandal in history is currently occurring

I accused the Houston Astros of this and got a three day ban.

I remember when I played my first overnight “adult tournament” (with parental supervision, I had been playing chess a few months and only did a couple scholastic tournaments before). I had a provisional rating of just over 1000, and my first game of the tournament (Friday evening) was a draw against someone rated 1500 or so. At night, I had a dream where I envisioned the position and found a winning line in the endgame. In the morning I set up the board and played it out (this was before computer engines were common). If a very weak, novice player like myself could play through and evaluate the game literally “in my sleep,” I imagine a strong grandmaster would typically have no trouble recalling details of a game they just played. Not to say I think Hans cheated OTB but GMs typically remember full games even many years later.

FWIW I ended up with draws in all six of my games that tournament and it gained me a ton of rating points since all my opponents were 1400-1600! Ended up around 1200 after a few scholastic tournaments, then took about a year off but then did a few more adult tournaments and quickly jumped to the 1600s. It was amazing how much weaker adults of the same rating were than kids.

Mods how about merging this with the "I don't respect cyclists" thread. We need a discussion on which is more of a sport, cycling or chess.