If Hans is cheating, then how is he doing it?

Molurus said in #44:

there aren't actually such accusations. There just aren't.

I thought about making a serious rebuttal to this but all I can muster is hahahahahahahahahahahaha

@LillyStrikesBack said in #48:

I feel as if you're disqualified from this conversation after posting this:

Because unfortunately I don't know how to play legitimately (even these "chess captchas" are kind of difficult hahah)
Also I think cheaters might be honest because sometimes when I got a guilty conscience I'd dm people confessing that I >cheated against them, which is probably why I got banned so fast. So, from experience ig.
Also how the heck do you just know like that lol I could have just been really good

And also after posting in my DMs:

Lmao you are so pissy about my post for no reason hahaha cry about it, keep on simping for whatever Magnus says U know >he's right. No matter what. Haha my post is there regardless. Cry and seethe.
Cry like u did the day Magnus lost to Hans

How could someone cheat if he wanted to?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMe_fQRUyfU

That was in 2015. The miniaturization hasn't stopped since then.

@ClayAndSilence

There were a handful of GMs who were reluctant and uneasy about Hans being announced as a last minute replacement.

Is it your position that they were "pre-accusing" Hans? Or were they maybe just uncomfortable?

If Carlsen had withdrawn before the tournament started, it wouldn't have been considered an accusation.

The fact that Carlsen withdrew at round 4 is in consequential.

Hans did nothing but pile on 4 extra red flags for Magnus to deal with, and that was enough for Magnus to withdraw.

No accusations were necessary. No accusations were made.

@ClayAndSilence said in #51:

Molurus said in #44:

I thought about making a serious rebuttal to this but all I can muster is hahahahahahahahahahahaha

An attempt at an actual rebuttal would be making a bigger fool of yourself I suppose.

@LillyStrikesBack said in #47:

@Molurus Lmao ur really gonna say in this whole ordeal that no one is accusing him of cheating OTB? Really?

To quote VTWood, where is the beef?

Where is anyone actually directly accussing Niemann of cheating OTB? Do tell.

@Molurus said in #44:

But I suppose that the Carlsen haters here I didn't know who Niemann was, and my favourite player was Magnus. Magnus has, however, definitely been a bad sport.
first have to make up their minds what this is about in the first place:
excuses, excuses... So, like the title says, how is Hans doing it? The scientific evaluation disagrees with you, so perhaps you have some practical insight as to how he has managed to get an RF signal past an RF scanner? How exactly do you do that, Molurus?

@Nomoreusernames said in #50:

I use .con instead of .com so it doesn't auto create a link. You are really good at false accusations, and misplaced insults, I can see why you are drawn to Hikaru , Magnus and chess.con

I admire Carlsen for his undisputable performances, I'm not a fan of either Nakamura or chess com.

@Nomoreusernames said in #57:

excuses, excuses... So, like the title says, how is Hans doing it? The scientific evaluation disagrees with you, so perhaps you have some practical insight as to how he has managed to get an RF signal past an RF scanner? How exactly do you do that, Molurus?

Wow, actually editing the things I've said.

You've lost all credibility now.

@Onyx_Chess said in #54:

There were a handful of GMs who were reluctant and uneasy about Hans being announced as a last minute replacement.

Is it your position that they were "pre-accusing" Hans?

Or were they maybe just uncomfortable?

I don't take positions on random people feeling "uncomfortable" or whatever. I don't care how they felt. I'm interested only in objective reality.

I'll say it again, for the umpteenth time: Niemann says he's never cheated otb, and not in any format for the last two years. All objective data supports his position. Until someone offers substantive evidence to the contrary, that's it as far as I'm concerned.

And again, for the record, I'm far too old to be anybody's fanboy or hater - I barely even recognise the terms. I'm looking at this dispassionately, just on the evidence, unlike some people who appear to have a pathological dislike of Niemann, which colours their analysis.