Chess
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@Godder said in World Chess Championship:
The broken genius is a bit of a cliché but it definitely applies to some players.
This is an excellent book for anyone with even a passing interest in chess - or in sport, for that matter.
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Right, I've hit the wrong thread one too many times.
Time to combine this and the test thread to create 'World Chest Championship', then at least we'll always be in the right thread.
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@delicatessen said in World Chess Championship:
Right, I've hit the wrong thread one too many times.
Time to combine this and the test thread to create 'World Chest Championship', then at least we'll always be in the right thread.
i am totally on board
do we run a poll or...?
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@delicatessen said in World Chess Championship:
Time to combine this and the test thread to create 'World Chest Championship', then at least we'll always be in the right thread.
PG13, or RP16?
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16 year old kid defeats world champ, again.
“Praggnanadhaa later revealed that he was taking school exams during the event in an interview to Chess24.
““I’m not so thrilled about my game quality. I’m missing some stuff, some tricks, and some tactics so I need to be sharper,” he said.”
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@Kid-Chocolate said in World Chess Championship:
16 year old kid defeats world champ, again.
“Praggnanadhaa later revealed that he was taking school exams during the event in an interview to Chess24.
““I’m not so thrilled about my game quality. I’m missing some stuff, some tricks, and some tactics so I need to be sharper,” he said.”
Looks like a smug little fuck and that quote of his is pure wank.
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A cheating scandal is buzzing in the chess world with wild allegations of using technology — including vibrating “anal beads” — to signal winning moves after a teenage newcomer beat a world champion at a high-stakes tournament. -
The 'anal beads' were never raised as a serious possibility - the quotes related to them were taken from a prominent chess streamer (and grandmaster) responding to a question from a viewer.
Hans said in an interview that he had cheated in online play, but it was only twice - once when he was 12 and once when he was 16. However, there has been suspicion around him from a lot of top-level GMs for awhile (given his huge increase in ranking in a short time), and chess.com also released a statement around their recent banning of him saying that their anti-cheating software didn't line up with his statements around regularity of the cheating.
There isn't any evidence to suggest he cheated in this game - but the post-match interviews were a bit suspect, with the presenter essentially beating him in the post-game analysis. It could be nerves - but there are a couple red flags.
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Hans Niemann probably cheated in more than 100 chess games, investigation finds
An investigation into the games of Hans Niemann found the American grandmaster has cheated far more frequently than previously disclosed
This guy is toast IMO. Even if he stops cheating as from now, his reputation is gone. Well done to Carlsen for calling him out on it.
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@Billy-Tell makes the governing world body and his own federation look like incompetents by not calling him out earlier.
Would a guy with his confession and record be allowed to play on for big stakes for so long in any other sport!!!
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The headline doesn't look good, but the report effectively says that there is no evidence to suggest that he has cheated over the board (just online games - though some for prize money) or has cheated in any form since August 2020. It does say he has had the highest growth in modern chess history, but then a lot of the usual measures to detect cheating seem to come out clean, so it is possible his over-the-board performance is a statistical anomaly.
Hans original confession was not made public by Chess.com so FIDE and his national federation had no way of knowing about his past. They would have had to pick him up based on their own cheat detection systems. These do seem to mostly be pretty inadequate, but even going over his games now, it doesn't look clear that he cheated.
I wouldn't be surprised if many players refuse to play him now, though. He is playing in the US Chess Championship today, which should be interesting.
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@bobily2 saw a bit of footage today and man they are going hard on checking players out. Had sensor wands and some other device that can detect radio signals and Silicone. Ha ha really going hard on the potential 'internal' devices
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Same same just different game
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Don't have the patience for chess but my boy is keen. Finally beat me at the age of 15.
My boy did it at 11. Does so regularly now.
I hammered him pretty easily a couple of Summers back but he worked on his game whereas I’m at a level that I think I’ll stay at whether I like it or not.
It is a brilliant game though although he did get pissed off I managed to battle to a stalemate ( ie a draw ) a few weekends ago which we both agree is a fucken stupid rule but there you go. He took my last pawn and had me cornered with the Queen and Castle but I couldn’t move my King without putting myself in check. Bang. Stalemate.
When we play timed games ( he has the app on his phone ) I beat him, to me that’s the equivalent of being good at T20s/Sevens but losing Test Cricket/Test Rugby so it’s not all that much to be proud of.
Bobby Fischer Goes to War: How A Lone American Star Defeated the Soviet Chess Machine: Edmonds, David, Eidinow, John: 9780060510251: Amazon.com: Books
Huge chess world upset of grandmaster sparks wild claims of cheating...
