ICYMI - The Anal Bead Cheating Scandal That Rocked the Online Chess World
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4.2 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2023
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
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.
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| 0:00.0 | I prefer really not to speak. |
| 0:06.0 | If I speak, I am in big trouble, in big trouble, and I don't want to be in big trouble. |
| 0:13.0 | Hi, I'm Rachel Hampton. |
| 0:15.0 | And I'm Natish Power. |
| 0:16.0 | You're listening to ICYMI. |
| 0:18.0 | In case you missed it. |
| 0:20.0 | Slate's podcast about internet culture. |
| 0:22.0 | Natish, hello. |
| 0:23.0 | Thank you for joining me today, despite our, you know, various issues with tech. |
| 0:30.0 | Oh my goodness. |
| 0:31.0 | It's been while setting this up, y'all. |
| 0:33.0 | But Rachel, hi. |
| 0:35.0 | Thanks for having me. |
| 0:36.0 | I'm so excited to do this. |
| 0:38.0 | Oh, I know I said this all the time, but I'm genuinely so excited that you're here today. |
| 0:43.0 | Like, you're currently a staff writer here at Slate. |
| 0:45.0 | But what no one in the audience knows is that we came up at the same time at this company. |
| 0:50.0 | As absolute babies. |
| 0:55.0 | I think we started within months of each other. |
| 0:58.0 | So we, we have been through some real shit, wouldn't you say? |
| 1:03.0 | Oh, I agree. |
| 1:04.0 | And when I look back at those times, it's, it's crazy how far we've come. |
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