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Chess world champion Magnus Carlsen issues a statement about “more cheating” about the opponent’s suspicion of cheating-GIGAZINE


World chess champion Magnus Carlsen will play in September 2022Gave up on the second moveHe issued a statement saying that he believed his opponent, Hans Niemann, was cheating. Niemann said he cheated when he was 12 and 16, but hasn’t cheated since, but Carlsen said he cheated a lot, including more recently.

Carlsen Makes Statement: ‘I Think Niemann Cheated More’ – Chess.com
https://www.chess.com/news/view/carlsen-statement-niemann-cheating

Mr. Carlsen and Mr Neiman have had three chances to play against each other in two months, and in the Crypto FTX Cup in August 2022 and the Sinkfield Cup in September 2022, Mr Neiman, who is black (later), wins . . Mr. Carlsen, who lost the Sinkfield Cup, the tournament back although he still had a match with other players after the next day. And in the Julius Baer Generation Cup match held on September 19, 2022, Mr Carlsen admitted not pointing to his second move and it was a hot topic. The situation at the time of the concession and the opinions of other grandfathers are summarized in the following articles.

World chess champion Magnus Carlsen conceded in the second move, protesting against suspected cheating by opponent Hans Niemann – GIGAZINE


On September 27, Carlsen issued a statement on Twitter about the issue over the past few weeks. The content is as follows.

“At the 2022 Sinkfield Cup, I made the unprecedented professional decision to withdraw from the tournament after playing Hans Niemann in Round 3. A week later on the Champions Chess Tour, I conceded after one move in only against Mr. Niemann.”

“I know my actions have frustrated many in the chess community. I’m frustrated too. I want to play chess. I want to continue to point to

“I believe that cheating in chess is very much an existential threat to the game. I also believe that security measures and improvements should be taken seriously, and when Mr. Niemann was invited to the 2022 Sinkfield Cup at the last minute, I strongly considered canceling before the tournament. I finally did.”

“I believe that Mr. Niemann has committed more – and more recent – wrongdoings than he has publicly admitted. I got the impression that he was not at all nervous in the Sinkfield Cup game, or even that he was not focus in Even though you beat me on method, this game changed my perspective.”

“We have to do something about cheating. .”

“I have more to say, but unfortunately at the moment I am restricted from speaking openly without specific permission from Mr. They make it very clear that I do not want to play Mr .Niemann, and I hope that the truth of the matter will come to light.

best wishes
Magnus Carlsen – World Chess Champion”

It is unclear what Niemann’s “cheating” is or whether Carlsen has any evidence.

In addition, Mr. Carlsen that “Mr. Niemann was decided to take part in the Sinkfield Cup shortly before that” deputizing on behalf of Mr. Richard Laporte. LaPorte took to Twitter to address the “current debate over how to defend players who have been falsely accused.”polygraphand similar methods, tweet that the game itself will not have broadcast delays or special security, and that pens and watches will continue to be allowed.

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Food for thought (regarding the current debate on how to control cheating in chess and protect players who are falsely accused):

My suggestion is to leave speculation at the door, and try to get the absolute truth in the form of a polygraph test (or the occasional one for clarity).

— Richard Rapport (@rjrapport)

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Or some tailored variation of the same ideology.

No delay in broadcasting, no extra security, yes to pens and watching 🙂 as the players would have to agree before the event started, that they would comply if necessary.

— Richard Rapport (@rjrapport)


Regarding cheating in chess, in 2019 grandmaster Igor Raussis was found cheating using a smartphone in the bathroom and was banned from participating in the tournament for 20 years.

The chess grandmother was found to be cheating using a smartphone in the toilet – GIGAZINE


As an example of another “cheat”, programmer James Stanley put a vibrator connected to a Raspberry Pi in his shoes and used a method called “Sockfish” to get the next recommended move learned by vibration, Play practice against friends who are good at chess. Halfway through, there was a discrepancy between the actual board and the supposed Sockfish board, and although I couldn’t use it until the end, I brought it to 1 win and 1 loss.

James Stanley – Cheating at chess with a computer for my shoes
https://incoherency.co.uk/blog/stories/sockfish.html


As a similar idea on the Internet, there is a story that anal beads that are inserted into the anus and emit vibrations may have been used, but there is no specific basis.

Currently obsessed with the idea that Hans Niemann has been cheating at the Sinquefield Cup chess tournament using wireless anal beads that vibrate the correct moves for him. pic.twitter.com/F48BXjtBlN

— Babble (@Babble____)


In addition, stemming from this baseless story, Mr. Carlsen noticed Mr. Niemann’s fraud because he had been doing the same fraud for 10 years, and this time, Mr. Niemann did the same fraud, so he the radio wave There is also a fake that it is due to interference.

‘The real answer is really elementary. Magnus is cheating.’ – draw attention awarded in r/chess : chessmemes

By the way, when it comes to cheating in board games, in 2016 in the Japanese shogi world, Hiroyuki Miura, a ninth-dan player, was suspected of cheating using a smartphone during a game. At this time, 9-dan Miura had become a challenger to Akira Watanabe (at the time), and the Japan Shogi Federation asked 9-dan Miura to take a break, but 9-dan Miura did not respond, so he was suspended and’ to prevent change the challenger Decision. After that, the third party committee found that there was no basis for the suspicion, and Chairman Koji Tanigawa and others resigned.

Miura Kudan’s comeback match was decided on suspicion of unauthorized smartphone use in shogi, Koji Tanigawa, chairman of the Japan Shogi Association, resigned – GIGAZINE


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