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Re:Dear Chess World by andrepd on Monday September 26, 2022 @06:27PM (#32989415)
Doesn't than line of thinking mean that anybody can accuse somebody of cheating when they unexpectedly beat them?
Re:Dear Chess World by stouset on Monday September 26, 2022 @06:30PM (#32989452)
No, it means that the reality of catching cheaters in chess is fundamentally heuristic if you don't manage to catch them red-handed.

This accusation hits many of the heuristic high notes.

That doesn't mean he definitively cheated. But to me, with ~15 years of chess under my belt, it does make this accusation credible.

Re:Dear Chess World by yesseri on Monday September 26, 2022 @06:53PM (#32989670)
Niemann have admitted cheating before when playing online, so Carlsen is just not making this up about any random player. There is a history of cheating.
Re:Dear Chess World by diehunde on Monday September 26, 2022 @07:50PM (#32990133)
Also Carlsen didn't accuse other players of cheating the other times he's lost
Re:Dear Chess World by lupire on Monday September 26, 2022 @10:09PM (#32990902)
The sample size for that is absurdly small. (Carlsen only takes single classical losses seriously, since rapid/blitz is too random.)
Re:Dear Chess World by ddalex on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @05:22AM (#32993159)
There is no smoking gun, but there is a lot of smoke. The ease with which Niemann pulled out of the hand a couple of brilliant moves, without spending too much time thinking about it, on an unusual line, is highly suspicious.