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[Peter McKillop]

And now there is a cheating scandal in the world of competitive Irish dancing.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...legations-clrg

[Peter McKillop]

Pargat, I'm concerned about you. It was only a few months ago that you revealed, right here at Chesstalk, that you suffered from PCSD (post cleavage stress...

[Peter McKillop]

Either I didn't express myself well or you've misinterpreted what I said. At no time in this thread have I said that Niemann's online cheating should...

[Peter McKillop]

I'm not sure I understand what point you're trying to make but if it's what I think it is then I disagree with you. All of us have known people who did...

[Peter McKillop]

Here's another log for the fire:

https://en.chessbase.com/post/wall-s...likely-cheated...

[Peter McKillop]

I disagree (surprise!!). I would say, Carlsen's methods may not have been perfect but he deserves a lot of credit and respect for standing up for the...

[Peter McKillop]

If no one has addressed that point it's probably because chess is no different than almost every other human activity. There is a never ending flow of...

[Peter McKillop]

Uhhh.....perhaps you meant to say, a person Carlsen KNEW was a cheater? And by the cheater's own admission!! The only question: was he still cheating?...

[Peter McKillop]

What a wonderful tribute! Thank you for posting it. Rest in peace, Sanja.

[Peter McKillop]

It's certainly not an ideal situation. However, the damage to chess over the medium to long term will be far greater, imo, if cheating isn't dealt with...

[Peter McKillop]

That's not a cool thing for Nakamura to do. Now everyone who lost a game in the final round, on top board, in a Cdn tournament in which Nakamura played,...

[Peter McKillop]

Thanks, Patrick....

[Peter McKillop]

According to Korchnoi, he and Tal were not part of the alleged Curacao cheating conspiracy (I assume you're referring to that). In fact, Tal and Fischer...

[Peter McKillop]

OK, I don't claim that what follows is scientific but I'm posting it for the sake of the discussion. Using the graph material at Jeff Sonas' Chessmetrics...

[Peter McKillop]

So Keymer takes almost 4 years to go from 2500 to 2700 but Niemann does it in about 18 months? Seems pretty sensational.

p.s. To be clear,...

[Peter McKillop]

À la Bobby Fischer? Seems doubtful, but .....? Meanwhile back at the ranch, I've attached the text of a tweet from chess.com. It doesn't have a date -...

[Peter McKillop]

Looks very logical. I think you've hit the nail on the head....

[Peter McKillop]

At this point I do agree with you on one thing: the longer this carries on with no explanation from Carlsen, the worse he looks. Carrying on from your...

[Peter McKillop]

Now, now. I'm not claiming to have my own facts. I simply made the point (factual) that we don't have Carlsen's side of the story yet....

[Peter McKillop]

LOL! You need facts to have a case. We still don't have Carlsen's side of the story. Maybe he's sending a message to organizers, like this: if you're...