Chess Investigation Finds U.S. Grandmaster ‘Likely Cheated’ More Than 100 Times

Re:Chess Investigation Finds U.S. Grandmaster ‘Likely Cheate... by vario on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @08:01PM (#33088991)

Noob here: how did he cheat without getting caught? did he memorize chess engine responses? Or did he have a secret computer somewhere feeding him the moves?

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Re:Chess Investigation Finds U.S. Grandmaster ‘Likely Cheate... by openfuture on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @08:14PM (#33089135)

Memorizing is not cheating. Many of the pros do that. He'd need to be receiving computer analysis during the game for it to be cheating.

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Re:Chess Investigation Finds U.S. Grandmaster ‘Likely Cheate... by vario on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @10:04PM (#33090154)

I see. Yes the article which I read later, did mention players looking at gadgets in the toilet...among other techniques. I guess the future of chess championships would be interesting...

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