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  1. The Jitty Slitter

    The Jitty Slitter Moderator
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    Bayern München
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    Jul 23, 2004
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    #1926 The Jitty Slitter, Sep 15, 2022
    It's a joke, but that basic theory is correct. i.e. a player with a small passive receiver could receive tiny signals from the accomplice.

    Magnus spoke about this in an interview a few months back. He would not need to receive every move as early in the game they play from the table bases (i.e learned prep). There are typically 2-3 big moments in Super GM games and he would only need a heads up to look for a winning idea - sometimes these moments get missed, but if someone told you there was a winning move, typically a 2800 player would then find it, just by calculating
     
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  2. The Jitty Slitter

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    Bayern München
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    Jul 23, 2004
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    FC Sankt Pauli
    Nat'l Team:
    Belgium
    #1927 The Jitty Slitter, Sep 15, 2022
    I am not so sure,

    After Magnus implied it, Hikaru outright accused Hans of cheating in online which Hans said was conspiracy but then had to admit he cheated twice and got caught, then chessdotcom said in fact he cheated more than 2x, and now banned him from chessdotcom - so he lied twice in his public interviews.

    It turns out he started cheating online in the pandemic, when esports chess really was taking off, and his big rise in OTB began soon after - so this is a guy who already got caught using engines.

    What i don't understand is why he was allowed to play in this OTB tourney when he is a known cheater ...
     
  3. The Jitty Slitter

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    Nat'l Team:
    Belgium
    #1928 The Jitty Slitter, Sep 15, 2022
    Yes - online has been plagued by engine use for years - but everyone thought that OTB was pretty straight.

    When the chess tour went virtual during the pandemic, they implemented a lot of precautions against engine use.
     
  4. The Jitty Slitter

    The Jitty Slitter Moderator
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    Bayern München
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    Jul 23, 2004
    Fascist Hellscape
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    FC Sankt Pauli
    Nat'l Team:
    Belgium
    #1929 The Jitty Slitter, Sep 15, 2022
    The accusation in the magnus game is that Hans coincidentally prepared the opening line that morning yet Magnus had never played that line before, then in his post match interview, Hans gave an unconvincing account of how he just so happened to prep that line.

    But of course that could happen. Sometimes the opponent stumbles into your opening prep, and you can play all best moves.

    Then in his next game, in the his post match interview, he gave quite a bizarre account of the game, as if he hadn't really understood the position.

    Again he could just be a strange guy
     
  5. JohnR

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    Chicago, IL
    #1930 JohnR, Sep 15, 2022
    Or by a chess champion's paranoia.

    To be clear: If the guy could somehow cheat by receiving a chess program's best move, he would wipe the floor with Magnus Carlsen or any other human player. The days are LONG gone when Garry Kasparov could go toe to toe with a supercomputer assembled solely for the purpose of a chess exhibition. Now any ordinary computer armed with the right software can crush humans. But ... nobody has any evidence that the cheat actually occured. And it's not as if chess champions haven't made false accusations before.
     
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  6. Dyvel

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    #1931 Dyvel, Sep 15, 2022
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  7. xtomx

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    Northern Wisconsin, but not far from civilization
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    #1932 xtomx, Sep 15, 2022
    First person object pronoun (as oppose to "I" which is first person subject pronoun).
    Also, indirect object of a verb (as you state)- "She sent me this." (which could be "She sent this to me.")

    Yep!
     
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  8. song219

    song219 BigSoccer Supporter

    Apr 5, 2004
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    #1933 song219, Sep 15, 2022
    Wireless Anal Beads while not a great band name is an acceptable band name in these degenerate times.
     
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  9. superdave

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    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
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    #1934 superdave, Sep 15, 2022
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    This actually gets to something serious, all the civil war talk.

    When you see the word pronoun, you react normally, and you see the thing as defined by Webster's. But to the far right, it's a symbol, the word "pronouns" is a symbol, exactly like that NH senate candidate with his shield peppered with arrows. An example that was more common maybe 10 years ago was when pro-lifers brought up Dred Scott-the pro-life movement has this whole fairy tale connecting Dred Scott to the rights of fetuses.

    In other words, we can all laugh at the idea that someone can avoid pronouns and still speak English, but that's because you're speaking, well, English. Their side has their own language.
     
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  10. InTheSun

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    #1935 InTheSun, Sep 15, 2022
    I see what you did there.
     
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  11. superdave

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    #1936 superdave, Sep 15, 2022
    ONE MORE POST ABOUT CHESS AND SO HELP ME GOD I WILL START A THREAD CALLED "DISCUSSION OF WIRELESS VIBRATING ANAL BEADS USED TO CHEAT AT CHESS,"

    and then I will turn this car around!
     
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  12. NORML

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    #1937 NORML, Sep 15, 2022
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  13. xtomx

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    #1938 xtomx, Sep 15, 2022
    Can all of the college football and watch talk go there, as well?
     
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  14. Q*bert Jones III

    Q*bert Jones III The People's Poet

    Feb 12, 2005
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    #1939 Q*bert Jones III, Sep 15, 2022
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  15. rslfanboy

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    Section 26
    #1940 rslfanboy, Sep 15, 2022
    Thx. I hadn't followed this closely at all, other than what I've heard Jitty say about i in another thread.
     
  16. Smurfquake

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    #1941 Smurfquake, Sep 15, 2022
    Your definition of chaotic evil doesn't match what's in my Player's Handbook. Chaotic means you don't follow the rules, which means you would rather keep posting about anal beads in chess tournaments in all of the threads where such discussion does not belong, rather than making a thread for it. That's lawful evil, or neutral evil at best. (Lawful evil here - there are rules, and my job is to figure out how to use them to best benefit myself.)

    edit to add a relevant tweet, since this is the twitter thread and I gotta follow the rules!

     
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  17. soccernutter

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    #1942 soccernutter, Sep 15, 2022
    I assume they are going to check all his matches.
     
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  18. xtomx

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    #1943 xtomx, Sep 15, 2022
    He argues that they just pulled the story out of their (err, his) ass.

    Well, for now, they are just sitting on the evidence against him.
     
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  19. roadkit

    roadkit Greetings from the Fringe of Obscurity

    Jul 2, 2003
    Fornax Cluster
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    #1944 roadkit, Sep 15, 2022
    Thinking is not a strong suit of the MAGA crowd.
     
  20. roadkit

    roadkit Greetings from the Fringe of Obscurity

    Jul 2, 2003
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    #1945 roadkit, Sep 15, 2022
    Or a blizzard in a butthole?
     
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  21. superdave

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    #1946 superdave, Sep 15, 2022
     
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  22. soccernutter

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    Near the mountains.
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    #1947 soccernutter, Sep 15, 2022
    It seems a bit Freudian to have a bunch of guys discussing the use of vibrating anal beads.
     
  23. rslfanboy

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    Section 26
    #1948 rslfanboy, Sep 15, 2022
    Very slippery, I hope, for all those involved.
     
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  24. superdave

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    Jul 14, 1999
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    #1949 superdave, Sep 15, 2022
    Possibly the ultimate expression of Merc's Law

     
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  25. superdave

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    #1950 superdave, Sep 15, 2022
     
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