This controversy is essentially over: Niemann has “an extensive cheating history.” The only remaining issue is to to prove how he did it, which may or may not be possible without Niemann’s help.
According to the WSJ story (behind firewall), “FIDE, chess’s world governing body, is conducting its own investigation into the Niemann-Carlsen affair.”
According to the WSJ story (behind firewall), “FIDE, chess’s world governing body, is conducting its own investigation into the Niemann-Carlsen affair.”
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it addresses his OTB play (it’s not their job to investigate this)saying his improvement has been “statistically extraordinary” and that some of his games “merit further investigation based on the data.”
basically he cheated a lot online and lied about it. he has shown greater strength improvement OTB between the age of 11 and 19 than any other player in history. his ELO plateaued for years before showing Mo Farah like improvement. he’s been unable to explain the positions he played in post game interviews.
is he cheating OTB? does he play in the US championship? will anyone want to play against him?
This controversy is essentially over: Niemann has “an extensive cheating history.” The only remaining issue is to to prove how he did it, which may or may not be possible without Niemann’s help.
According to the WSJ story (behind firewall), “FIDE, chess’s world governing body, is conducting its own investigation into the Niemann-Carlsen affair.”
I don't see why Niemann is allowed to compete at this point. This would be the equivalent of getting caught with PEDs dozens of times in track and field and then lying about it. He should be given a lifetime ban or at the very least just not be allowed to play in any games that matter for a number of years. A 8 year ban seems appropriate. If you look at the analyses, it is strikingly clear he has cheated in OTB matches too (correlation with engines at or near 100%, something no other chess player in history has ever come remotely close to), we just don't know how he's doing it.
This controversy is essentially over: Niemann has “an extensive cheating history.” The only remaining issue is to to prove how he did it, which may or may not be possible without Niemann’s help.
According to the WSJ story (behind firewall), “FIDE, chess’s world governing body, is conducting its own investigation into the Niemann-Carlsen affair.”
I don't see why Niemann is allowed to compete at this point. This would be the equivalent of getting caught with PEDs dozens of times in track and field and then lying about it. He should be given a lifetime ban or at the very least just not be allowed to play in any games that matter for a number of years. A 8 year ban seems appropriate. If you look at the analyses, it is strikingly clear he has cheated in OTB matches too (correlation with engines at or near 100%, something no other chess player in history has ever come remotely close to), we just don't know how he's doing it.
He was only 16 or 17 years old when he appears to have last cheated online.
And OTB cheating is worse because it is premeditated. Online cheating, on the other hand, with just a couple quick clicks of the mouse, is typically not premeditated.
This controversy is essentially over: Niemann has “an extensive cheating history.” The only remaining issue is to to prove how he did it, which may or may not be possible without Niemann’s help.
According to the WSJ story (behind firewall), “FIDE, chess’s world governing body, is conducting its own investigation into the Niemann-Carlsen affair.”
Is cheating online like cheating on NBA 2k or fortnight? or does it involve money/serious crime? because on face value I could see someone cheating at an online game but not the real thing? Is the online thing official/involve $?
He was only 16 or 17 years old when he appears to have last cheated online.
And OTB cheating is worse because it is premeditated. Online cheating, on the other hand, with just a couple quick clicks of the mouse, is typically not premeditated.
He cheated when he was 17 and he's now 19. That's not very long ago.
And he cheated over 100 times. That's no accident. Of course it was premeditated.
This controversy is essentially over: Niemann has “an extensive cheating history.” The only remaining issue is to to prove how he did it, which may or may not be possible without Niemann’s help.
According to the WSJ story (behind firewall), “FIDE, chess’s world governing body, is conducting its own investigation into the Niemann-Carlsen affair.”
Is cheating online like cheating on NBA 2k or fortnight? or does it involve money/serious crime? because on face value I could see someone cheating at an online game but not the real thing? Is the online thing official/involve $?
The report says there were cash prizes involved for some of the online matches he cheated in.
He was only 16 or 17 years old when he appears to have last cheated online.
And OTB cheating is worse because it is premeditated. Online cheating, on the other hand, with just a couple quick clicks of the mouse, is typically not premeditated.
Cheating online (in non-tournaments) is like cheating in 2k, but he also cheated in Titled Tuesdays as well which have cash prizes. The report also showed that when he cheated, he'd cheat a lot - for a lot of his games/matches, he cheated in 7/7, 9/9, 10/10, etc games.
I liked that Chess.com's report made it very clear that he wouldn't need to cheat that much. They quoted someone who said receiving one hint per game would correspond to a 150 point rating boost, while receiving 2 or 3 (keep in mind, Hans is probably actually a 2400-2500) hints can make you nearly unbeatable.
This controversy is essentially over: Niemann has “an extensive cheating history.” The only remaining issue is to to prove how he did it, which may or may not be possible without Niemann’s help.
According to the WSJ story (behind firewall), “FIDE, chess’s world governing body, is conducting its own investigation into the Niemann-Carlsen affair.”
I don't see why Niemann is allowed to compete at this point.
Because he isn't a typical boring chess nerd. And he is exposing the Grand Master myth for what it is.
This controversy is essentially over: Niemann has “an extensive cheating history.” The only remaining issue is to to prove how he did it, which may or may not be possible without Niemann’s help.
According to the WSJ story (behind firewall), “FIDE, chess’s world governing body, is conducting its own investigation into the Niemann-Carlsen affair.”
Not over yet. It is still important to establish whether he cheated OTB. FIDE is distinct from the company chess.com. FIDE would need to make a decision on how best to consider and respond to the evidence of cheating from chess.com that is indeed very compelling and discredits Hans’ statements in his infamous stream-of-consciousness interview during Sinquefield.
How does (or could) one cheat in "real life" chess (I assume that's what "OTB" means)?
Used to be a smartphone in the bathroom back in the days, but some people now suspect Hans had a communicating device in his shoes or anus or elsewhere on his body in OTB games like the one at Sinquefield where he beat Magnus.
