ICYMI: The Anal Bead Cheating Scandal That Rocked the Online Chess World

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4.6 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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On today’s episode, Rachelle Hampton is joined by Slate’s Nitish Pahwa to discuss a major cheating scandal in the chess world this past fall between Magnus Carlsen and Hans Niemann, and how the story just keeps going. They talk about Niemann’s rise on Chess.com, ways people have tried to cheat in the past, and why anal beads entered the conversation. Plus, they talk about Mittens, the evil chess bot cat. This podcast is produced by Daniel Schroeder, Rachelle Hampton, and Daisy Rosario. Subscribe to Slate Plus at http://slate.com/icymiplus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I made you think you was real.
0:02.0	My name is Caden Sinclair.
0:04.0	Some people call us American royalty.
0:06.0	We were Liars.
0:08.0	A new series on Prime Video.
0:10.0	We were happy. We wanted for nothing.
0:12.0	Based on the best-selling novel.
0:15.0	Something terrible happened last summer,
0:17.0	and I have no memory of what or who hurt me.
0:20.0	No one in my family will tell me.
0:22.1	When you're left for dead, you want answers.
0:25.1	We Will Liars.
0:26.1	New series, watch now, only on Prime Video.
0:32.1	I prefer really not to speak.
0:35.1	If I speak, I am in big trouble.
0:38.5	In big trouble.
0:39.5	And I don't want to be in big trouble.
0:42.8	Hi, I'm Rachel Hampton.
0:44.7	And I'm Natish Powah.
0:46.1	You're listening to I see YMI.
0:48.6	In case you missed it.
0:49.8	Slate's podcast about internet culture.
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