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Originally Posted by mrkajz44
I've followed both the chess and poker stories a bit and both of them are extremely similar:
- Well respected vet gets beat by a relatively inexperienced player
- Well respected vet accused the other one of cheating because their ego has a hard time handling the loss
- Zero evidence is presented other than "this is odd / unusual"
- Most people side with well respected vet and form all sorts wild theories about how/why the other player cheated
It's clearly an abuse of power and the chess one is even worse because Carlsen is basically the GOAT so his word carries a ton of weight. I've seen some commentary thrown around legal defamation because these top players are obviously harming the reputation of the lower players with no actual evidence other than "they shouldn't have beat me and they played unusual".
I had no idea about the fishing story, but that one seems pretty clear.
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To be fair, pretty much every time there has been a supposed scandal in other games, it turns out to be true. Like the massive scandal in competitive bridge. Basically every champion is a cheat.
Although maybe that’s why these guys drop that bomb. They know it’s a trump card and it forever poisons the well.