Chess Cheater

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Wondery

Society & Culture

4.1 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

From a young age, Hans Niemann knows he loves chess and wants to face off against his hero, Magnus Carlsen. Hans grows into a brash and intense player who makes questionable moves during online chess tournaments, but he doesn’t want that to define him. When he finally gets the opportunity to compete against Magnus, the combined force of their egos and ambitions collide, threatening to tarnish both of their legacies.

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0:13.7	Sarah, how competitive would you say you are?
0:16.2	I am really competitive despite not being back good at things.
0:21.7	Well, I'm curious if you would cheat at like a board game or something because I think you know that I would absolutely cheat.
0:29.7	You know, I actually don't cheat.
0:32.5	Okay.
0:33.2	It's not because I think cheating is so bad.
0:36.3	It's more that I'm just like, it is a lot of work.
0:39.2	I might as well just get good at whatever I'm doing, you know?
0:41.9	Okay, I collect your lixiness.
0:44.7	That's impacted this.
0:46.6	I mean, we say this on the show all the time.
0:48.4	If you just do the thing legitimately, it's probably less work.
0:51.3	Yeah, so is cheating really cheating?
0:52.7	I don't know.
0:53.4	Good question.
0:54.6	Well, today I have a story for you, but what has quickly become a topic near and dear
0:59.3	to my heart, the wild world of cheating at chess?
1:07.2	It's September 4th, 2022 at the St. Louis chess club.
1:11.1	The room has high ceilings and it's full of wooden tables set up for games of chess.
1:16.0	This is the third day of the prestigious Sync field cup.
1:19.0	And there's no crowd, but cameras are ready to broadcast the matches to tens of thousands of
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