As a follow up to the item about Kramnik 'inviting' Hans to play in the Levitov Chess Week 2023, that tournament has now finished.
Kramnik finish in sole possession of last place.
I guess it's possible that some of those who finished above him 'cheated', but it's unlikely. It's more likely that - as with his return to online exploits on chess.com might attest- he's just lost a step...or two...or three.
For his full legacy, I just wish he had thought about that as a possibility before getting mired in the the world of numbers and statistics and hurling his allegations at others then storming off.
Interesting podcast with Kramnik and Caruana about rampant online cheating on Chess.com
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Re: Interesting podcast with Kramnik and Caruana about rampant online cheating on Chess.com
It would seem that chess.com has had enough...and has taken down Kramnik's 'Blogs' and muted his account.
This after the 'drama' continued to spiral downward and it was determined they could no longer ignore his breaking of chess.com's Terms of Service and (they believe) FIDE's Code of Conduct.
Honestly, I think he probably knew he had left himself with no 'exit ramp' at this point and was goading chess.com into doing exactly what they did. Now he can trot out the tried and true 'THEY are trying to silence me' tactic. But it gets him off the merry-go-round he himself created where he and his statics are always right and anyone who disagrees is wrong....and any hint of disagreement in response to his words are removed from his blog's comments section.
Right (yet far too overstated) message for our times but wrong messenger?
Regardless, perhaps our latest Nightmare Before Christmas has ended. Thank you Santa!
https://twitter.com/chesscom?lang=en
This after the 'drama' continued to spiral downward and it was determined they could no longer ignore his breaking of chess.com's Terms of Service and (they believe) FIDE's Code of Conduct.
Honestly, I think he probably knew he had left himself with no 'exit ramp' at this point and was goading chess.com into doing exactly what they did. Now he can trot out the tried and true 'THEY are trying to silence me' tactic. But it gets him off the merry-go-round he himself created where he and his statics are always right and anyone who disagrees is wrong....and any hint of disagreement in response to his words are removed from his blog's comments section.
Right (yet far too overstated) message for our times but wrong messenger?
Regardless, perhaps our latest Nightmare Before Christmas has ended. Thank you Santa!
https://twitter.com/chesscom?lang=en