Re:Dear Chess World
by jdthedisciple on Monday September 26, 2022 @06:09PM
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This is not disputed, he has admitted to it himself:
He admitted to having previously cheated. The admission happened during the Sinquefeld cup, on stream, during the event.
Having cheated in prior history is not a question, but the extent and recency of the behavior is.
I don't know if there's data but people who have cheated in the past often seem to cheat in the future. Having watched some videos about the state of speed-running video games lately intersected with how gambling cheaters seems to never stop cheating supports that.
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.
Also his coach was caught cheating in a titled tournament on chess.com
And chess.com and Magnus have disputed that Hans has admitted to all of the times he has cheated.
Re:Dear Chess World
by mccorrinall on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @02:17AM
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Then they should just provide evidence instead of allegations. Innocent until proven guilty.
The 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.
Re:Dear Chess World
by sentientslug on Monday September 26, 2022 @06:08PM
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Niemann during an interview admitted to having cheated in the past
Do you have a link to this? Proof that this player has cheated in the past would be the strongest evidence, I believe, he'd do so again.