lol no. What is this shit bait. Someone from r/chess found this site or what?
For those who are not up to date:
1- Magnus quit the tournament after losing to Hans, badly. People are shocked because this is the first time he does something so drastic.
2- Magnus posts a tweet which says nothing but an insinuation he "can't say anything".
3- Many people but primarily a couple of other GMs(mainly Hikaru because grifting streamer) start speculating it is because Magnus suspected Hans cheated.Many conspiracies by fans and social media including WIFI morse code dildo.
4- Hans gives bad interview that makes people realy sus.
5- Turns out it becomes known he cheated when he was 12 and 16 online on Chess.com. It is also known that other GMs knew and/or suspected this including Nepo, Firouzja, So and obviously Hikaru.
6- Hans gives another :heartbreaking: interview denying everything making a personal appeal to his character. Hans admits cheating twice on Chess.com but says this was an honest mistake. Yeah right.
7- People start flipping into supporting Hans side based on that interview alone.
8- Chess.com management comes out with a bombshell pretty much saying Hans lied about his cheating, he cheated far more than that and they basicaly double down on justifying their ban. They said they gave Hans all the details. The ball is on his court.
9- So far Hans says nothing. People immidiately flop back into bashing Hans lol.
10- Tournament arbiter says no evidence of cheating that they could find.
11- Some other GM says Magnus already knew Hans had a history of cheating before this tournament.
You notice through all this Magnus has said literaly nothing other than the original tweet.
Hans may be innocent this time but this is not a hill for anyone to die over. All the evidence is he is among the vast number of online cheaters. He would already be banned in most other e-sports imo.
Hans is, afaik, just another top level chess player. Not as good as the top echelon but could of course absolutely destroy any of us.
And not an online tournament, it was irl/"over the board", which is why the cheating allegations are wild because that would be much more difficult. Much more likely imo, if he cheated at all, was that he somehow got access to Magnus' prep before the game and studied it.
Yes and no. Chess.com has a monopoly on online chess and cheating there is a big deal. However it is also kind of common place. IRL tournaments are not bound by the same online rules, even though it should be honestly, like all e-sports. Chess is outdated in this area.
This incident though was about an IRL tournament, and Hans online cheating reputation(and now proven history) served as a pretty big catalyst for all of these allegations. But since both are handled separately by different entities nothing will come out of it.
And yes even though he most likely didn't cheat in this IRL tournament.
lol no. What is this shit bait. Someone from r/chess found this site or what?
For those who are not up to date:
1- Magnus quit the tournament after losing to Hans, badly. People are shocked because this is the first time he does something so drastic.
2- Magnus posts a tweet which says nothing but an insinuation he "can't say anything".
3- Many people but primarily a couple of other GMs(mainly Hikaru because grifting streamer) start speculating it is because Magnus suspected Hans cheated.Many conspiracies by fans and social media including WIFI morse code dildo.
4- Hans gives bad interview that makes people realy sus.
5- Turns out it becomes known he cheated when he was 12 and 16 online on Chess.com. It is also known that other GMs knew and/or suspected this including Nepo, Firouzja, So and obviously Hikaru.
6- Hans gives another :heartbreaking: interview denying everything making a personal appeal to his character. Hans admits cheating twice on Chess.com but says this was an honest mistake. Yeah right.
7- People start flipping into supporting Hans side based on that interview alone.
8- Chess.com management comes out with a bombshell pretty much saying Hans lied about his cheating, he cheated far more than that and they basicaly double down on justifying their ban. They said they gave Hans all the details. The ball is on his court.
9- So far Hans says nothing. People immidiately flop back into bashing Hans lol.
10- Tournament arbiter says no evidence of cheating that they could find.
11- Some other GM says Magnus already knew Hans had a history of cheating before this tournament.
You notice through all this Magnus has said literaly nothing other than the original tweet. Hans may be innocent this time but this is not a hill for anyone to die over. All the evidence is he is among the vast number of online cheaters. He would already be banned in most other e-sports imo.
People just fuckin post shit on this site and then like 20% of the comments just don't even look into it at all
Reminds me of a different, larger website with a similar format.
Who is Hans? Is this just an online tournament thing?
Hans is, afaik, just another top level chess player. Not as good as the top echelon but could of course absolutely destroy any of us.
And not an online tournament, it was irl/"over the board", which is why the cheating allegations are wild because that would be much more difficult. Much more likely imo, if he cheated at all, was that he somehow got access to Magnus' prep before the game and studied it.
Chess shit is wild
What would you consider to be "the top echelon"? Hans is considered to be a Super GM. He's within the top 50 players in the world.
Yes and no. Chess.com has a monopoly on online chess and cheating there is a big deal. However it is also kind of common place. IRL tournaments are not bound by the same online rules, even though it should be honestly, like all e-sports. Chess is outdated in this area.
This incident though was about an IRL tournament, and Hans online cheating reputation(and now proven history) served as a pretty big catalyst for all of these allegations. But since both are handled separately by different entities nothing will come out of it.
And yes even though he most likely didn't cheat in this IRL tournament.
cringe