How a player could have cheated using technology
This posting is only about over the board (OTB) cheating. It is only concerned with the 2022 Sinquefield cup and the 2022 US championship tournaments. Both events were held in the St. Louis chess club. It only examines how a player could have cheated using technology. It is NOT interested in circumstantial arguments regarding a player's (Hans') behavior, rapid rise, or early-teens online history of confessed cheating. What is special in the 2022 Sinquefield cup? In the 2022 Sinquefield cup only 9 players (if you include Carslen who dropped out), the cameraperson(s), the arbitrators and event staff are allowed in the playing room. In the first 3 rounds of the cup there was no transmission delay of the games to the outside world. After the 3rd event, there was a 15 minutes transmission delay. What is different about the 2022 US championships? In this event, the transmission delay is 30 minutes. Only the players, the cameraperson(s), and the arbitrators and event staff are a...