Perpetual Chess Podcast

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

Oct 6, 2022

01:18:42

Highlights

AI Chapters

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Chess Based Engine Correlation

04:44

Is There a Mechanism by Which Hansa Cheated in the Open?

02:47

Cheating Online - Is Hans Really a 2500 Grandmaster?

02:31

Introduction

3min

The US Championship Is Starting, the European Club Cup Is Ongoing

4min

The Report Says Hans Reeband Hans Cheated More Than He Admitted Online

3min

Is It a Mistake to Withdraw From the World Championship?

2min

Is There Some Ground Truth or Confirmation Bias?

4min

Do You Need Indeed?

2min

Is There a 100% Engine Correlation Score in Chess?

2min

Chess Based Engine Correlation

5min

Didn't Find Anything Over the Board?

4min

10.

Is There a Mechanism by Which Hansa Cheated in the Open?

3min

11.

Cheating Online - Is Hans Really a 2500 Grandmaster?

3min

12.

The Data Analysis of Hans' Rapid Ascent

5min

13.

The Importance of Aimchest in Blitz Games

6min

14.

Chess.com's Not Hans Neiman Report of Thread

4min

15.

Did Carlson Cheat at Sinkfield Cup?

3min

16.

Is Camila Gomez Getting Invites to Top Tournaments?

4min

17.

Do You Think Magnus Charleston's Handling of Cheating Is a Big Issue?

3min

18.

Is It Hard to Catch a Cheater Online?

3min

19.

Should Online Cheating Lead to OTB Penalties?

5min

20.

Playing Against Someone Who's Cheating

2min

21.

Are You Sure That Hans Has Cheated Online?

4min

22.

Is Hans Carlson Cheating OTB?

2min

23.

The Chess Book Review

3min

Perpetual Chess is back with another bonus pod, as the Carlsen/Niemann story continues to see new developments. This week’s major news is that Chess.com has issued a report with a full accounting of their actions around the Hans Niemann story. Joining me to discuss it is FM Nate Solon. Nate is a data scientist, 2018 Massachussets State Chess Champion, an Author, and a blogger who has recently been writing about the controversy, There was tons to discuss from this report, so I was happy to have Nate help me do so. Notes and brief timestamps can be found below.

CORRECTION- There were a couple of times I misspoke in this pod in distinguishing between online and OTB cheating.I want to clarify that I was not disputing whether Hans cheated online, and any time I mentioned questions about whether Hans cheated it was only in relation to whether he cheated OTB. My apologies- Ben

0:00- What are the major conclusions from the Chess.com report?

Mentioned: Chess.com report link here:

https://www.chess.com/blog/CHESScom/hans-niemann-report

Hans’ Most Recent Chess.com Account

https://www.chess.com/member/hansontwitch

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We discuss the data Nate laid out in his Monday post, Did Hans Nieman Cheat

22:00- Back to the report. We discuss the analysis within Chess.com’s report of Hans’ OTB results.

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42:00- We answer some listener questions related to the scandal.

Mentioned: David Smerdon’s thoughts on the report here:

https://twitter.com/dsmerdon/status/1577490212342870022?s=20&t=SSwdxc-1W8b1Ot9qukkx8w

Episode 271 with GM Hans Niemann

1:13:00- Thanks to Nate for joining me and sharing his insights. Here are links to keep up with him:

Twitter

Substack Blog

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