Ngl, I kind of want to party with Yan Chenglong now
Bro forgot he’s in China and they have social credit for a moment lol.
Yan allegedly clenched and unclenched rhythmically to communicate information about the chess board via code to a computer, which then sent back instructions on what moves to make in the form of vibrations
Wow.
If I had a nickle for everytime there was a chess scandal and some media site reported that someone (allegedly) cheated with bluetooth anal beads, I could buy some bluetooth anal beads and win a chess tournament
Yan had cheated during the competition by using anal beads equipped with wireless transmitters to send and receive signals.
Adding the context to your quote…
according to reports circulating on the Chinese social site Weibo.
More context.
Also I can’t find an actual source for the story.
My guess is /r/AnarchyChess
I miss that place
No you don’t. There are (at least ) two similar communities on Lemmy. You just didn’t join them because you know damn well that anal beads are way too overpowered in chess currently.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-67822137
That gets a little more granular. The social media reports of “anal play” could not be confirmed by CXA either. They did confirm the dump he took in a tub though.
He should get a title for this alone, it’s honestly more impressive than chess.
Me “What’s the difference between a bathtub and a toilet?”
Yan Chenglong “Idk. What?”
Me “Please leave my house”
Unfair. Moral character has nothing to do with raw talent and skill - if shitting in a bathtub so hard you damage hotel property isn’t explicitly banned in the rule book, and the people running the contest haven’t found a method to effectively drug test their athletes for anal bead usage, then I think he should get to keep his title.
After all, there’s no rule saying dogs can’t play basketball
More to the point: one thing hs nothing to do with the other
The guy is an asshole, but that has nothing to do with chess
There may be a morals clause in whatever contract they signed. (IDK about Chinese law on the subject, though)
I could have sworn I read a similar story a while back. Is this a common thing?
Chess scandal: Hans Niemann denies using vibrating beads to cheat - NPR
Could’ve been that?
There was never any evidence of this. The best explanation I heard is that Magnus’ company was merging with chess.com right before a tournament, and with that the information of cheating bans were made available to him. He found out that Hans had been banned for cheating a couple years prior on chess.com. Speculation is that this put Magnus on tilt during his match with Hans, and losing just confirmed Magnus’ suspicion that Hans is a cheater IRL as well as online.
