How neural network chess engines redefined the game's creativity, leading some top players to use deception, misdirection, and other psychological techniques
It was as if a bottom seed had knocked out the top team in March Madness: At the Sinquefield Cup chess tournament in St. Louis earlier this month … Tweets: @pokertube , @olimpiuurcan , @dlberes , and @matteo_wong Tweets: @pokertube : ♟️ News from the chess world that @MagnusCarlsen, the reigning world champion, has quit an event and hinted it was due to one of his opponent's cheating, has had the poker world wondering aloud if it might be parallel to our own cheating problems. 📰 https://www.pokertube.com/... https://twitter.com/... Olimpiu Di Luppi / @olimpiuurcan : It's challenging to read a broad article on chess from someone who has not played competitively at all, but, compared to most of the things written about this cheating controversy on the Internet, at least this piece is readable. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... Damon Beres / @dlberes : “all a cheater has to do to win is figure out a way to channel a machine's advice.” Fascinating piece, @matteo_wong's Atlantic debut! https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... Matteo Wong / @matteo_wong : In my first for @TheAtlantic, the chess scandal provides a window into how AI has transformed chess in the past 20 years—first into something resembling a spelling bee, and now into a psychological game not unlike poker. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...