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

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

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

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

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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.

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Thanks! That’s a great summary!

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

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“Only”

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