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https://www.wired.com/story/bird-feed-seller-beat-chess-master-online-harassment/
An interesting article where a player came out of nowhere to beat a popular chess International Master online. The IM felt it was cheating, did some analysis, and reported his opponent to Chess.com.
After some further detailed analysis, Chess.com concluded the player had somehow cheated. His moves looked like chess engine moves...so they banned his account which caused an internet storm of protest for the grandmaster.
In the end, it turned out to be a retired bird-feed seller / passionate chess player from Indonesia who loved chess and played but never got a FIDE rating. Now in retirement, learned from chess engines, beat the engines, and then started playing real people using chess engine moves.
The perils of AI, deep fakes, and amazing humans...
An interesting article where a player came out of nowhere to beat a popular chess International Master online. The IM felt it was cheating, did some analysis, and reported his opponent to Chess.com.
After some further detailed analysis, Chess.com concluded the player had somehow cheated. His moves looked like chess engine moves...so they banned his account which caused an internet storm of protest for the grandmaster.
In the end, it turned out to be a retired bird-feed seller / passionate chess player from Indonesia who loved chess and played but never got a FIDE rating. Now in retirement, learned from chess engines, beat the engines, and then started playing real people using chess engine moves.
The perils of AI, deep fakes, and amazing humans...