I remember all these headlines from last year. Ironically it made Chess more famous imo. I suddenly had so many friends mentioning chess to me because of this lol.
I love that they actually turned this into an episode of It’s Always Sunny - it was entirely believable as the sort of scheme the gang would come up with.
That was definitely the most “sunny” episode of the season in my mind… Absolutely classic
When I saw the episode I had no idea it was based on a real life story 🤯😆
So it’s not real. It’s a meme that serious journalists are asking him about.
I mean, he has cheated before, he’s admitted that. So it’s at least partially real.
Why did anyone even listen to this bullshit. This must be the biggest case of bullying of modern times.
- Hans has admitted to cheating in the past
- Hans played a near-perfect game as black against the best player in the world who hadn’t lost as white in years
- Hans made some suspiciously good moves quickly, without much time passing
- Magnus played a very rare opening that Hans was somehow able to perfectly respond to without skipping a beat
From these, many people think he cheated. The vibrating butt plug is unlikely, but what is more likely is that Magnus’ prep got leaked and Hans was able to hyper-prepare for a specific line of play.
