Posted on 10/20/2022 8:21:08 PM PDT by texas booster
Hans Niemann, the 19-year-old Grandmaster embroiled in a cheating scandal, filed a lawsuit against world champion Magnus Carlsen, Chess.com, grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura, and others, seeking $100 million in damages.
The lawsuit accuses the defendants of slander, libel, unlawful group boycott, tortious interference with business, and civil conspiracy.
Niemann defeated Carlsen in an over-the-board match at the Sinquefield Cup in Missouri in early September. Afterward, Carlsen withdrew from the tournament, posting a vague tweet that implied he couldn't say more about his reasons for withdrawing.
Weeks later, during an online match against Niemann at the Julius Baer Cup, Carlsen quit after just one move, shocking the chess world, which already believed Carlsen was accusing Niemann of cheating.
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Niemann's lawsuit accuses Carlsen and Chess.com of collusion, making note that Chess.com agreed to purchase Carlsen's app, Play Carlsen, for $83 million.
"As the dominant source of chess-related news and events, access to Chess.com also has a major influence on top chess players' image and public exposure," the lawsuit reads.
(Excerpt) Read more at insider.com ...
US$100,000,000? Not likely but with juries these days ...
How do you cheat at chess?
Will Niemann have to drop his trousers during the discovery phase?
Earpiece or vibration device to another person who’s playing as the opposing player, doing their move, and then relaying the ai’s respomse move back to the tournament player.
The only possible crime is “bearing false witness” and Commandment no. 8 which is not worth $100 million, especially if the victim is innocent. Niemann’s lawsuit is a sign of guilt.
The same way that people will cheat at cards or any other game - preparation.
I sincerely believe that many people would benefit by putting the time spent perfecting cheating into the game, and have almost as good a result with no jail time.
In this case there have been rumors from signals from an audience member to vibrating beads ... save your sanity and don’t look it up.
Grandmasters have been busted before looking at cell phones in restrooms or catching outside signals. With the strength of modern computers it is relatively easy to find the “best” move and play it every so often.
Cheating doesn’t need to happen every turn, but just enough to keep you ahead of the other guy.
In my opinion those being sued behaved badly, so the lawsuit is appropriate.
Oh OK thx
I can see both sides. Hans has cheated in the past and admitted it. The fact that others THINK you are cheating gives you a psychological advantage. Hans goes out of his way to look sketchy in my opinion. He looks like a Bond villain. He’s aloof and unfriendly. He occasionally plays weird moves which freaks out the other side. He is honestly a good chess player but I think he has been playing a game other than chess here.
You have a confederate in the audience relay information from a chess program much stronger than any human player.
In this case there have been rumors from signals from an audience member to vibrating beads ... save your sanity and don’t look it up.
In this case at the Sinquefield Cup, there is no plausible rumor of signals from an audience member. There was no audience.
The use of anal beads was a joke made by Canadian GM Eric Hansen which went viral while leaving out the part that it was just a joking remark.
That right there ought to put the lawsuit to rest. How can he possibly say he suffered $100 million in damages over accusations of cheating when he himself has admitted to cheating in the past?
Does he know that he’s going to forced to spend a long time in a courtroom explaining his cheating in front of a jury — if this case ever goes to trial? What does he think that’s going to do for his case?
Also: Chess grandmaster accused of using iPhone to cheat during international tournament
AlphaZero is the highest rated engine (chess playing computer program). It is not available to the general public as is the public source Stockfish.
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