Cheating in chess

[Roger de Coverly]

The position quoted is sufficiently close to the opening that it could have arisen in the peace and quiet of his study, as Bronstein would describe pre-game preparation.

[NickFaulks]

Khalifman weighs in

The voice of common sense, not before time.

[E Michael White]

My only dispute with this characterisation is that, in my experience, after years of bolting bits onto a program there comes a point when even its creator may lose track of exactly how it works. In one of Ken's papers he speaks of 28,000 lines of C++ code, which professionals in the field tell me is a lot.

He should rewrite in APL or other more suitable language.

[Matthew Turner]

Khalifman weighs in

The voice of common sense, not before time.

The translation isn't good enough to know what he is actually saying

[JustinHorton]

I have some sympathy for that view but I think we can be reasonably sure that he is dismissing, with no small prejudice, the views of the the guy in this video who he considers a liar. (We do not of course know how influential the guy or his video may be). And I think he locates an average of two "serious mistakes" in Maghsoodloo's eleven games. He does not find this to be a notably unusual level of performance.

Of course any Russian-speakers on the forum (are there any?) may be able to help us out.

[NickFaulks]

He should rewrite in APL or other more suitable language.

Perhaps, but he is a hobbyist doing this in his spare time. It is a substantial task.

[Matthew Turner]

I have some sympathy for that view but I think we can be reasonably sure that he is dismissing, with no small prejudice, the views of the the guy in this video who he considers a liar. (We do not of course know how influential the guy or his video may be). And I think he locates an average of two "serious mistakes" in Maghsoodloo's eleven games. He does not find this to be a notably unusual level of performance.

Of course any Russian-speakers on the forum (are there any?) may be able to help us out.

So to summarize

We don't who the person is that Khalifman is dismissing (in terms of his role/influence)
We don't know what Punin is saying
We don't know what Khalifman is saying

It is hard to see this as a hugely valuable contribution for us at this stage

[JustinHorton]

I have some sympathy for that view but I think we can be reasonably sure that he is dismissing, with no small prejudice, the views of the the guy in this video who he considers a liar. (We do not of course know how influential the guy or his video may be). And I think he locates an average of two "serious mistakes" in Maghsoodloo's eleven games. He does not find this to be a notably unusual level of performance.

Of course any Russian-speakers on the forum (are there any?) may be able to help us out.

So to summarize

We don't who the person is that Khalifman is dismissing (in terms of his role/influence)
We don't know what Punin is saying
We don't know what Khalifman is saying

It is hard to see this as a hugely valuable contribution for us at this stage

Well, we do have a fair idea of what Khalifman is saying, and we have some idea of what he says Punin is saying.

You may feel that's not a lot, but it's a little bit more than we had from "seriously strong players" of whose evidence and indeed existence we have no knowledge.

[Matthew Turner]

Justin,
So what is Khalifman saying about the position given? What is the relevance of the assessment going from +5 to +3? What does Punin say about that?

I have no idea whether Maghsoodloo is guilty or innocent, but Khalifman hasn't taken us any further forward at this stage

[JustinHorton]

You wanted the matter looked at by "seriously strong players". Now you have that. You want anything further, I don't think I'm going to be providing it for you.

[Matthew Turner]

Justin,
I don't think anyone reading this thread this would be expecting anything useful from you, but it is nice that you've confirmed that yourself.

[JustinHorton]

Well how very childish of you to say so, Matthew.

[Matthew Turner]

For those interested in thinking about the evidence, you can see the game with the position Khalifman highlights here

https://lichess.org/mUCprySS#0

Move 26 White plays h5 when something takes d5 is best

[Matthew Turner]

Here is a game listed as one blunder given by Lichess (28....Rb6)

https://lichess.org/2uibzmNH#56

but is it really a blunder? (the time control is 3 0)

[Matthew Turner]

Three blunders this time

https://lichess.org/2uibzmNH#56

but none of them affect the result