this post was submitted on 26 Sep 2023
201 points (92.1% liked)

World News

32290 readers
1166 users here now

News from around the world!

Rules:

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
 

Hans Niemann was accused of cheating after he beat Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen last September.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That's 72 pages. Are there any highlights for interested non chess fanatics?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The basic measure is “accuracy”: the percentage of moves that are the best move for that position. Computers are, as you would expect, inhumanly good on this measure. Better than the best human players, who will have “inaccuracies” even in their best-played games. It makes spotting cheaters pretty reliable and easy. Niemann has been busted for cheating online repeatedly, and analysis of his in-person play bears the same hallmarks.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Thanks! That's a great summary!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

BBC article summarizing some of the suspicions and evidence or lack thereof.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63140246

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The main part of the report is only 20 pages. And there are a lot of figures.