The Chess Scandal Involving Butt Plugs, AI, and Accusations of Cheating

CYBER

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🗓️ 28 September 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Chess. Chess. Chess. You, the audience, quite literally asked for it. It’s the scandal that just won’t quit. On September 4 at a live Chess Tournament in St. Louis, chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen lost in a massive upset to young chess wiz Hans Niemann. This was not supposed to happen and almost immediately accusations and revelations about cheating have gotten wilder, involving AI driven cheating engines and buttplugs.

Throughout it all, Motherboard editor-in-chief Jason Koebler has kept pushing the story, watching every moment, and now he’s got a big scoop.

Stories discussed on this episode:

‘I Can’t Believe It’: Magnus Carlsen Resigns After One Move in Chess Rematch With Hans Niemann

Magnus Carlsen Finally Speaks on Chess Cheating Scandal, Sows Even More Chaos

Magnus Carlsen: Hans Niemann ‘Has Cheated More—and More Recently—Than He Has Publicly Admitted’

Chess Grandmaster Maxim Dlugy Admitted to Cheating on Chess.com, Emails Show

Did Hans Neimann Cheat at Chess With a Sex Toy? This Coder Is Attempting to Find Out.

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0:00.0	Tann, it's got the code. It's going to launch.
0:10.6	It's a unique system. I know this.
0:15.0	It's all the files of the whole park. It tells her everything.
0:19.0	Sir, he's uploading the virus.
0:21.7	Eagle won.
0:22.5	The package is being delivered.
0:24.8	Hello out there on the internet.
0:27.2	I am Matthew Galt, and this is Cyber.
0:29.4	Chess, chess, chess.
0:30.6	You, the audience, quite literally asked us for this.
0:33.8	It's the scandal that just won't quit.
0:35.4	On September 4th, at a live chess tournament in St. Louis,
0:38.7	chess grandmaster Magnus Carlson lost in a massive upset to a young chess whiz, Hans Neiman.
0:44.6	This was not supposed to happen.
0:46.7	And almost immediately, accusations of cheating flowed.
0:50.6	Over the past few months, accusations and revelations have gotten wilder.
0:54.0	We're talking butt plugs.
0:55.5	We're talking AI-driven cheating engines and other wild stuff.
0:59.2	Throughout it all, motherboard editor-in-chief Jason Kebler has been pushing the story, watching every moment.
1:05.2	And now he's got a big scoop for us.
1:08.1	Jason, thank you so much for coming on to cyber once again to talk to us about
1:11.6	everyone's favorite sport chess.
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