Dear Chess World

Re:Dear Chess World by epolanski on Monday September 26, 2022 @05:26PM (#32988681)

It is very unlikely a 2700 GM can beat Magnus on black pieces.

Moreover the live coverage showed an Hans way too relaxed about moves with 100% accuracy he was pulling.

He could also not give an explanation about of his moves in the game in an interview.

This, coupled with Magnus complaining about low security standards in the tournament make all the things very suspicious.

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Re:Dear Chess World by nonethewiser on Monday September 26, 2022 @05:30PM (#32988761)

But cheating wouldn't explain a relaxed state. You could easily expect that he'd be nervous as fuck to cheat OTB against Carlsen. This is just wildly speculative and ultimately meaningless.

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Re:Dear Chess World by epolanski on Monday September 26, 2022 @05:38PM (#32988867)

Sherlock Holmes used to say that a clue is just a clue, two clues are just two clues, but three clues make a proof.

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Re:Dear Chess World by Sebb767 on Monday September 26, 2022 @06:46PM (#32989602)

Except that you can't really call things a clue if you're just looking for things to confirm your existing opinion. Any stance Hans could have had during that game could be construed as indication of him cheating.

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Re:Dear Chess World by titanomachy on Monday September 26, 2022 @07:53PM (#32990153)

You know Sherlock Holmes wasn't a real person, right? Saying that a fictional character "used to say" something is odd.

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Re:Dear Chess World by cgy1 on Monday September 26, 2022 @07:14PM (#32989847)

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character.

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Re:Dear Chess World by roflyear on Monday September 26, 2022 @05:36PM (#32988851)

People just spewing their garbage everywhere around this. It is amazing. It is almost like politics. It is crazy how people are getting about this issue.

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