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Real Time Chess – A physical chess board without the concept of turns

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262 points dschuessler | 1 comments | 29 Mar 25 11:41 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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mnky9800n ◴[29 Mar 25 16:37 UTC] No.43516729[source]▶
Why is ass and anal bolded in the readme? The git blame says you did it. Haha.
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meowface ◴[29 Mar 25 18:38 UTC] No.43517539[source]▶
It refers to a player accused of cheating against Magnus Carlsen, with widespread speculation that the cheating might've been done using an anal vibrator.

(There's zero evidence it actually was an anal device; no one knows how he might've cheated if he indeed cheated. It just became a big meme.)

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mtlmtlmtlmtl ◴[29 Mar 25 19:28 UTC] No.43517915[source]▶
Hans Niemann almost certainly did not cheat against Carlsen. Carlsen just played that game rather poorly and ragequit the tournament because he's a baby who can't handle losing.

I do think Niemann may have cheated in OTB chess before. But not at the Sinquefield Cup, I just don't see it. And the only evidence is insinuations from a sore loser who's well known for throwing tantrums when he doesn't get his way.

The buttplug stuff was really just a joke from reddit, no one's seriously suggested anyone is actually cheating using a buttplug. Doesn't even make sense as a way of cheating, really. It would be extremely obvious.

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1. verteu ◴[30 Mar 25 07:24 UTC] No.43522106[source]▶
He made a great move in the game, but completely mis-analyzed the reason it works during the post-game interview [1]. Several GMs found that suspicious, especially given revelations that he'd previously admitted to cheating.

Specifically, move 19. Qd3! [2], appears to hang the knight. When asked how he'd respond if his opponent simply took the knight (19... dxc4), he says he is "completely winning", then proceeds to give some moves that lead to a flat-out losing position. (Eg: Any GM or sufficiently strong engine agrees that r2q1rk1/1pbn1p2/2p1b1pB/p3P3/P1p2P2/2P3QP/1P4P1/3RRBK1 b - - 0 1 is lost for White.)

To be fair, he's been playing incredibly well recently, and no other evidence of cheating came out, so I'm inclined to believe it was just a "bad interview."

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI9jAU0jhJU

[2] https://www.chess.com/events/2022-sinquefield-cup/04/Niemann...