Coffee, Chess, Iran,Cheating …
I kid you not! There is really a woman-owned family business in Portland, Oregon that brands itself ‘Hard On Coffee’! How do they try to … Read the rest
Category: cheating in chess
‘No’ to digital anti-cheating methodologies …
GM Gleizerov speaks out
How to best catch a cheat? For more than a decade two different anti-cheating methodologies have been proposed: digital algorithms vs … Read the rest
Cheating & FIDE. Complicity. (Part I)
A Cheating Coverup?
This past week has witnessed an explosion of stories of top women players cheating in both online and over the board tournaments. … Read the rest
Lady in Red; Coffee; Confessions & FIDE witchhunts
Opening Up
The lovely Tiffany Taylor (b.1977, USA) taking a dip in the pool. As the world opens up after a long lockdown, it will … Read the rest
From the Archives….
Kasparov in 2011:
Cheating, Faster time controls & Elitism
It was the spring of 2011. Kasparov had just finished a rapid visit to the playing … Read the rest
The Problem with Elite Reputations…
Are the ELITE capable of cheating, lying and committing murder like the worst of us? According to FIDE prez Arkady Dvorkovich, the answer is a … Read the rest
The Question that Needs to be Asked
With the postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics and the cancellation of virtually all professional sports, the field of esports is gaining new attention. The … Read the rest
Coffee, Igor Rausis and D-day for FIDE?
How are you today? It has been a while since my last coffee blog and now seems like an appropriate moment for the next. Lots … Read the rest
ChessCom Controversy
Blogger’s Reputation Intentionally Smeared?
I have never met Justin Horton, but I have been for years now a ‘fan’ of his chess blog, and … Read the rest
Cheater Caught in Dutch Tournament
Time to Purge the FPC and Start Over?
Globetrotting journalist Ian Rogers reports that yet another cheater has been exposed, this time in the recent … Read the rest
The Path of Least Resistance…
How FIDE has Made Winning Easier!
I was going to write a short blurb about Ian Nepomnatchi’s victory in the Moscow Grand Prix yesterday and … Read the rest
Canadian Arbiter Caught Cheating
Quebec City Arbiter Caught Cheating
Banned For 2 Years!
Claude Lessard is a popular and well respected arbiter, organizer and promoter in the Quebec City … Read the rest
The Cheating Epidemic
Cheating has to stop!
I was thinking of writing another blog article on cheating in chess, and when I recently read Irina Bulmaga’s eloquent comments… Read the rest
The European Individual Championships and cheating
SPRAGGETT ON CHESS
On yesterday’s blog I talked of Kasparov’s take on the cheating scandal involving French GM Sebastian Feller and included a short video interview
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SPRAGGETT ON CHESS
Following the controversial decision by the Discipline Commission of the FFE to punish/sanction the 3 French stars involved in the cheating scandal that
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