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Chess Streamer Gotham Chess Bans Allegedly A 73 Year Old Viewer For Cheating
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1:00:36 - 1:04:30 (03:54)

A 73-year-old viewer of chess streamer, Gotham Chess, was allegedly banned for cheating after beating the streamer which caused the streamer's community to mass report him. Chess expert, Danny Wrench, who inspected the player's account stated that the win rate and average accuracy were suspiciously high.

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A chess streamer suspects a player is cheating during a game, reports it privately to the platform, and the player gets banned.
1:00:36 - 1:01:52 (01:16)
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Online Cheating
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A chess streamer suspects a player is cheating during a game, reports it privately to the platform, and the player gets banned. The streamer wakes up to a viral hashtag on Twitter with thousands of responses and discovers that the chess community has long been aware of rampant cheating online.

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Chess Streamer Gotham Chess Bans Allegedly A 73 Year Old Viewer For Cheating
Episode
#327 – GothamChess: Hans Niemann, Magnus Carlsen, Cheating Scandal & Chess Bots
Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast
After Gotham Chess accused an elderly man of cheating, his son posted on Facebook saying that GothamChess's community mass-reported his father for cheating, resulting in a viral social media backlash, negative comments and DMs.
1:01:52 - 1:03:05 (01:13)
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Social Media
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After Gotham Chess accused an elderly man of cheating, his son posted on Facebook saying that GothamChess's community mass-reported his father for cheating, resulting in a viral social media backlash, negative comments and DMs.

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Chess Streamer Gotham Chess Bans Allegedly A 73 Year Old Viewer For Cheating
Episode
#327 – GothamChess: Hans Niemann, Magnus Carlsen, Cheating Scandal & Chess Bots
Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast
The accuracy of AI algorithms has made cheating in games more challenging, with one player's account winning 27 games in a row at 95% accuracy leading to speculation on who was playing - the father or the son.
1:03:05 - 1:04:30 (01:24)
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AI
Summary

The accuracy of AI algorithms has made cheating in games more challenging, with one player's account winning 27 games in a row at 95% accuracy leading to speculation on who was playing - the father or the son.

Chapter
Chess Streamer Gotham Chess Bans Allegedly A 73 Year Old Viewer For Cheating
Episode
#327 – GothamChess: Hans Niemann, Magnus Carlsen, Cheating Scandal & Chess Bots
Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast