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AltaGuy · 10-05-2022, 11:13 AM

Nah, Niemann is cheating both over the board and online. When Hikaru looked at how close to "perfect" some of his otb games were as opposed to other top-10 players (as evaluated by a chess engine), he had more games over 90% than Magnus or any other top-10 grandmaster by a longshot.

Another key point that Hikaru keeps coming back to is that a grandmaster doesn't need the computer to tell him all of the moves - a grandmaster will recognize a key point in the game, and just needs a simple computer evaluation of the most beneficial play. With just that one computer analysis of a position, Hikaru says no grandmaster would ever lose to another human.

10-05-2022, 11:13 AM	#81
AltaGuy AltaGuy has a magnetic personality and exudes positive energy, which is infectious to those around him. He has an unparalleled ability to communicate with people, whether he is speaking to a room of three or an arena of 30,000. Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: At le pub... Exp:	Nah, Niemann is cheating both over the board and online. When Hikaru looked at how close to "perfect" some of his otb games were as opposed to other top-10 players (as evaluated by a chess engine), he had more games over 90% than Magnus or any other top-10 grandmaster by a longshot. Another key point that Hikaru keeps coming back to is that a grandmaster doesn't need the computer to tell him all of the moves - a grandmaster will recognize a key point in the game, and just needs a simple computer evaluation of the most beneficial play. With just that one computer analysis of a position, Hikaru says no grandmaster would ever lose to another human.