[GunRunner]

I read through some of it, and there’s no evidence of him cheating over the board, even though they infer it from quotes and actions of other players.

The worst part of it was posting reactions of other players who beat Magnus and comparing it with Hans’ non-reaction, as if that’s evidence of anything.

That proves nothing and is evidence of nothing.

This smells too much like a hit job.

Maybe he cheats in online chess, but there’s no evidence of anything other than he beat Magnus straight up over the board.

My suspicion is that the chess world doesn’t want to see Hans as the new king. He’s not photogenic or charismatic. He’s a weirdo who locked himself in hotel rooms for over a year and did nothing but study chess.

[Greetings_Puny_Humans]

Looking at the report, he definitely cheats on online chess, including against highly rated players which he streamed online—obviously to get reputational points. It appears he has been cheating as recently as 2020.

It would be pretty convenient if he went from cheating in online games against grandmasters to becoming a real grandmaster within just a year by locking himself into hotel rooms.

[golux]

The question, really, is how could he have cheated over the board?