# Cheating in Chess

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheating-in-chess/972950>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Tags:** chess\
**Created:** [October 8, 2022, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheating-in-chess/972950 "2022-10-08T18:30:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2022, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheating-in-chess/972950/1 "2022-10-08T18:30:12Z")

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I don’t follow chess, but there has been a post on Facebook about cheating by some teen chess champion. As I recall, the post didn’t explain much. So, my question boils down to this: How can you cheat in chess? Mind reading of your opponent?

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2022, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheating-in-chess/972950/2 "2022-10-08T18:35:25Z")

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Here is the thread about the recent controversy.

> [@Chess - Carlsen-Niemann controversy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-carlsen-niemann-controversy/971683):
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> I don’t know chess well enough to analyze the moves. The players are searched. This article says Magnus started with a bad opening. He wasn’t playing well. I’m bothered that an unspoken and unproven allegation by Magnus Carlson is putting Hans Niemann’s reputation and career in jeopardy. How does anyone defend themselves against a suspicion? This sound like sour grapes. The champion had a bad game and created this unproven rumor.

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**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2022, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheating-in-chess/972950/3 "2022-10-08T18:50:10Z")

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Fundamentally, the idea is that he’s using a computer to figure out the best moves, and getting the information from the computer in some secret fashion.

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**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2022, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheating-in-chess/972950/4 "2022-10-08T20:41:09Z")

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> [@What\_Exit](#):
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> Here is the thread about the recent controversy.

Is it full of excretory puns?