Carlsen's subsequent withdrawal from the Sinquefield Cup - the first in his career - followed by a cryptic tweet suggesting Niemann cheated (https://twitter.com/MagnusCarlsen/status/1566848734616555523) , have put the chess world on edge.
Five days later, Chess.com - one of the largest online chess sites - banned Hans Niemann from its tournaments (https://dotesports.com/chess/news/community-divided-over-chess-com-removing-hans-niemann) after accusations arose that Niemann had cheated in online chess tournaments.
Adding to the political optics, Chess.com is in the process of acquiring Carlsen's company, the Magnus Group (https://www.chess.com/news/view/chesscom-playmagnus) .
Today, we are gracious to have IM Ken Regan (https://www.buffalo.edu/news/experts/ken-regan-faculty-expert-chess.html) on the podcast to help unravel this situation and discuss his methodology for detecting cheating in the chess world.
When the chess world suspects someone of having cheated in a tournament, Ken Regan is the expert who gets the call.
Using a database of tens of thousands of top-level games, Kenneth Regan, himself an international chess master, has devised a program that can help determine whether a player is playing like a human or like a computer.
A member of the Anti-Cheating Committee of the World Chess Federation from 2013-14, he helped write and edit guidelines to prevent cheating in professional chess. He continues to serve as a consultant to the committee and previously served as an expert witness for the French Chess Federation, the Bulgarian Chess Federation and other governing bodies of chess.
Additional topics include:
• How does the chess rating system work? (4:44)
• How does Chess.com's Cheating Analysis System Work? (11:14)
• How did the pandemic affect chess skills among youth players? (22:57)
• Can chess be "Moneyballed"? (1:26:20)
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