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0 pointshobo_mark3y ago0 comments

> Even worse than that, the cheating may not have gone on during the match. It could have been as simple as old-fashioned spying: studying what preparations Carlsen had made, and learning their weaknesses before the match even starts.

How is that even "cheating"?

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InitialLastName3y ago

If your opponent is playing white and someone from their team tells you "He's going to open with X move", so that's the only one you have to prepare against, that goes a long way to eliminating white's advantage.

jfengel3y ago

That would require spying on him, perhaps by having suborned one of his preparation team, or conceivably even by bugging his hotel room.

I'm not saying it's likely. I'm just explaining what I meant. Those preparations are private, and getting inside intel is cheating.

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InitialLastName3y ago

jfengel3y ago

That would require spying on him, perhaps by having suborned one of his preparation team, or conceivably even by bugging his hotel room.

I'm not saying it's likely. I'm just explaining what I meant. Those preparations are private, and getting inside intel is cheating.

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