Online chess is booming — fast, global, and accessible. But with its rise comes a major challenge: cheating.
In this episode of The World Chess Show, we explore the dark side of the digital game.
Can online chess ever be truly fair?
05:00 Vladimir Kramnik, former World Champion, on the fight for fair play
14:48 GM Evgenij Miroshnichenko, head of WorldChess.com’s anti-cheating team, on how tech + human insight detect suspicious games
18:59 Levon Aronian, top grandmaster, shares how he started his chess journey online
From scandals to solutions, The Last Word on Cheating in Chess dives into the future of the game — and the battle to protect its integrity.
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Alekhine — Public Domain https://en.chessbase.com/post/baden-baden-1925-triumph-hypermodern
Caruana — First Saturday archive
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Reti — Hans Henschke/ullstein bild by Hans Henschke/ullstein bild
Iranian Team — Andreas Kontokanis (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Firouzja — Frans Peeters (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Maghsoodloo — Stefan64 (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Ghaem-Maghami — Fars Media Corp (CC BY 4.0)
Aronian vs Morozevich — Oscar J.G. Baudet (CC BY 3.0)
Hans Niemann — Anna Shtourman / FIDE
Grischuk — R. Hoffmann, 1992 (Wikimedia)
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