i really don't understand how cheating online has much bearing on this at all. cheating online is trivially easy, cheating over the board would require a heck of a lot of leg work and intentionality. plus the guy was what, 13? are there kids at 13 who have never cheated or lied or something? hardly inculpatory.
I mean he cheated when he was 12 and 16, and now he's 19.
The cheating accusations, at least the serious ones anyway, are about his opponents/ Carlson's prep being leaked as Carlson used an opening he never has before, not cheating live with signals or communication from the outside
not cheating live with signals or communication from the outside
well, it appears he's being hanged/condemned for the non-serious accusations then lol.
if the concern really is that he got Carlsen's prep a head of time, okay, maybe so, but then what? do people expect Hans to go out every night and steal opponents chessbase laptops to get an edge? will broadcasting w/ tape delays, or additional security pat downs at the event, prevent this? come on.
It's not like it is realistically possible to prove that he cheated in that particular game. Carlson knows this and this is why he hasn't openly accused him of cheating. Players and spectators can only look at other data points like past cheating and compare his play to engine lines.
The same thing has happened countless times in CS:GO. There are a ridiculous number of suspicious looking clips from some players and they won't even bother to come up with believable explanations since they know past cheating allegations are impossible to prove.
i really don't understand how cheating online has much bearing on this at all. cheating online is trivially easy, cheating over the board would require a heck of a lot of leg work and intentionality. plus the guy was what, 13? are there kids at 13 who have never cheated or lied or something? hardly inculpatory.
I mean he cheated when he was 12 and 16, and now he's 19.
The cheating accusations, at least the serious ones anyway, are about his opponents/ Carlson's prep being leaked as Carlson used an opening he never has before, not cheating live with signals or communication from the outside
well, it appears he's being hanged/condemned for the non-serious accusations then lol.
if the concern really is that he got Carlsen's prep a head of time, okay, maybe so, but then what? do people expect Hans to go out every night and steal opponents chessbase laptops to get an edge? will broadcasting w/ tape delays, or additional security pat downs at the event, prevent this? come on.
Yeah unfortunately Reddit is being Reddit and is blowing up shit like anal beads accusations which are just ridiculous nonsense.
Are there precedents of that happening though?
It's not like it is realistically possible to prove that he cheated in that particular game. Carlson knows this and this is why he hasn't openly accused him of cheating. Players and spectators can only look at other data points like past cheating and compare his play to engine lines.
The same thing has happened countless times in CS:GO. There are a ridiculous number of suspicious looking clips from some players and they won't even bother to come up with believable explanations since they know past cheating allegations are impossible to prove.