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Bonus Pod- FM Nate Solon joins to Discuss Chess.Com's Report about the Carlsen/Niemann Controversy

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Chess.com's Not Hans Neiman Report of Thread

chess.com's report on Hans Neiman is good, but not what the chess world wanted to hear,. It means we're unlikely to ever get a resolution on whether Hans cheated over the board. No evidence of sinkfield cup cheating; weak evidence that Hans OTB rises suspicious, but nothing concrete regarding cheating. Going forward, what new information could bring about the unlikely event of a resolution? I see two possibilities. One, Hans confesses or concrete physical evidence of OTB cheating is revealed. Two, Hans continues his OTB trajectory towards 2750 plus and events with super strict anti-cheating standards. Given that both are unlikely, we probably won't get a resolution. Magnus will

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