Catching Chess Cheats with Data

More or Less: behind the statistics

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Saturday, 8 October 2022 - 9 minutes

A cheating scandal is currently rocking the world of chess, as World Champion Magnus Carlsen accuses the young American Hans Niemann of cheating. A bombshell new report has said that Niemann is likely to have cheated in over 100 games online, and uses data to support its argument.

So how is statistics being used to catch cheats in chess - and just how prevalent might cheating be at the highest levels of the game? David Edmonds finds out.

Presenter: David Edmonds
Producer: Nathan Gower
Editor: Richard Vadon
Programme Coordinator: Jacqui Johnson
Sound Engineer: Graham Puddifoot


(Image: US international grandmaster Hans Niemann, St. Louis, Missouri, on October 6, 2022: Photo by Tim Vizer /AFP via Getty Images)

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