Posted on 09/20/2022 8:32:55 PM PDT by libh8er
For all of the scandals that have rocked the world of elite chess in recent years, rumors that a 19-year-old grandmaster used anal beads and artificial intelligence to beat the world's top player might be the most bizarre.
Speculation has grown online that San Francisco-born Hans Niemann, a relative newcomer to the sport, inserted wireless vibrating anal beads into his body before his victorious match against World No. 1 grandmaster Magnus Carlsen, 31, last week.
Chess fans have speculated that an accomplice watching the match at the Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis used a chess program to determine the perfect move, and then sent encoded instructions via the vibrating sex toy.
Niemann has vehemently denied cheating on this occasion, but critics note that his Elo rating, which gauges the strength of chess players, shot to 2701 after his victory over Carlsen, up from just 2484 in January 2021.
And he's faced further speculation after he previously admitted cheating during an online game aged 12. That saw one of his friends bring over an iPad loaded with a 'chess engine' program that offered the most likely route to a win. The person Niemann was playing couldn't see him, and so was unaware of what was unfolding.
His latest increase is so staggering that many in the sport don’t believe it is possible - and their suspicions are bolstered by Niemann's own admission that he has previously used chess programs to cheat in online tournaments.
One fan tweeted: 'Currently obsessed with the notion that Hans Niemann has been cheating at the Sinquefield Cup chess tournament using wireless anal beads that vibrate him the correct moves.'
Even Tesla CEO ElonMusk chipped in and shared a video on Twitter of an influencer discussing the rumor that Niemann used anal beads during the chess competition.
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I got curious too and checked out another article. After a move by his opponent someone sends the move to people working with him, they put move into computers that figure out how to defend/attack. That message is sent to the beads which send impulses the player can translate into what move to make. Sound pretty bizarre to me.
Must have pulled that win out of his ass.
Wireless ones? I haven’t even heard of the hardwired kind.
Frankly, I’m not even sure how one would use “anal beads” nor do I wish to know.
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