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Currents 068: Jonathan Rowson on the Chess Drama

The Jim Rutt Show

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What's the Context of Cheating in Chess?

The story is that the world champion, magnus carlton, lost the game of chess to a somewhat weaker player. He then tweated afterwards in a way that insinuated he had cheated. That led to all sorts of questin marks over what it means to cheat in chess. But there's a much richer, deeper lateral context about chess computers and the very idea of cheating.

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