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On the Limits of Engine Analysis for Cheating Detection in Chess [pdf] (core.ac.uk)
5 points by jruohonen on Dec 27, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



Elite Chess Players Keep Accusing Each Other of Cheating "Seeds of doubt have grown into a disturbance among some in the game’s top ranks." https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/25/crosswords/chess-hikaru-v...

The lure of money, where the risk of direct detection remains minimal makes cheating inevitable. Incentives are strongest with chess content creators, such as Hikaru.

Securing direct evidence is a near-impossible task. Direct evidence means, tracing through game statistics and behavioral cues. The evidence should be rock solid before starting to accuse any individual.

This is a systemic problem. While Kramnik and Carlsen might be right, their approach poisons the game deeper.

Perhaps a better tactic would be to abstain from naming culprits. Instead, they could have provided anonymized statistical evidence and explained their methodologies. Public consensus before naming the names could have been a plausible.

Systemic problem requires systemic solutions. Top players might have to play significant amount of their games in secure "SCIF" under observation, or something, to keep playing.





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