TheJims@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoChess grandmaster Hans Niemann denies using vibrating sex toy to cheatwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up1248arrow-down115 cross-posted to: world@lemmy.worldworldnews@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1233arrow-down1external-linkChess grandmaster Hans Niemann denies using vibrating sex toy to cheatwww.bbc.comTheJims@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square63fedilink cross-posted to: world@lemmy.worldworldnews@lemmy.ml
minus-squaremalloc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down13·1 year agoLooking back at this. This whole thing was a wild ride. Magnus took being a sore loser to another level. Grade A asshole
minus-squareMachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down8·1 year agoKnown cheater plays a perfect game as black against a world champion who has never lost as white in decades. Grade A asshole, yep. https://youtu.be/5uDM3fPeNFM?si=VASdcNJQwOwLFEMa
minus-squarestarman2112@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down3·1 year agoPerfect is a bit of a stretch. There was a tiny chance of Niemann winning that match, but smarter folk than I have analyzed the game and said that it was consistent with legitimate play
minus-squarecryptiod137@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down4·1 year agoIf your dumb enough to believe the reddit meme about a vibrating butt plug being how he cheated, seriously reconsider your life
minus-squaremvirts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down14·1 year agoI don’t know anything about the chess drama, but it really doesn’t matter who you are, don’t publicly shame when you could do it privately.
minus-squarestarman2112@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 year agoIt’s kinda hard to privately resign from a match and refuse to play in a tournament because you think an opponent is cheating
minus-squaremvirts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoI mean people would know something’s up, but I was thinking silence would be a good option until some evidence could be produced
Looking back at this. This whole thing was a wild ride. Magnus took being a sore loser to another level.
Grade A asshole
Known cheater plays a perfect game as black against a world champion who has never lost as white in decades. Grade A asshole, yep.
https://youtu.be/5uDM3fPeNFM?si=VASdcNJQwOwLFEMa
Perfect is a bit of a stretch. There was a tiny chance of Niemann winning that match, but smarter folk than I have analyzed the game and said that it was consistent with legitimate play
If your dumb enough to believe the reddit meme about a vibrating butt plug being how he cheated, seriously reconsider your life
I don’t know anything about the chess drama, but it really doesn’t matter who you are, don’t publicly shame when you could do it privately.
It’s kinda hard to privately resign from a match and refuse to play in a tournament because you think an opponent is cheating
I mean people would know something’s up, but I was thinking silence would be a good option until some evidence could be produced