The Scandal Rocking the Chess World – WSJ

Computer engines have another use in chess: cheating. Magnus Carlsen, the best in the world, wouldn t stand a chance against Stockfish, a top engine. That s the issue today in a scandal that has the chess world as agitated as a Russian chain smoker with his chess clock winding down.

Outplayed from start to finish, the 31-year old Mr. Carlsen was defeated on Sept. 4 by Hans Niemann, a much weaker, 19-year-old American upstart, at the Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis. Mr. Carlsen responded by withdrawing from the tournament and posting on Twitter a video of Portuguese soccer manager Jose Mourinho saying, If I speak, I am in big trouble. This was widely taken as an allegation that Mr. Niemann cheated. The American has been dogged by rumors in the past.

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