Finally, it’s the episode you’ve been waiting for: we talk about all things cheating, from the device itself (how easy is it to make and use?) to the history of cheating in chess, and what cheating means to the future of the game. Because if everyone is doing it, is it really that big of a deal?

Hosted by good producer / bad chess player Jess Schmidt and first-time podcaster / good chess player Ryan Webb, this series explores the events leading up to and following the Sinquefield Cup cheating scandal and tries to unravel the truth of what really happened - or, failing that, what the heck these events could mean to chess.

Pause and watch this video at the 6-minute mark: Actually making THAT chess cheat device video - Mike Boyd
And pause to watch this one at 8m30s: Does my chess cheat device get past the metal detector? - Mike Boyd

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Written, hosted, edited, and produced by Jess Schmidt and Ryan Webb.
Music by Lorna Gildfedder.

Featured in this episode:
Mike Boyd, The Guy That Learns Things Youtube channel
Chess Teacher JJ Lang and Therapist Julia Rios, hosts of chessfeels podcast
David Franklin, Associate Professor of Law
Brin-Jonathan Butler, author of The Grandmaster: Magnus Carlsen and the Match That Made Chess Great Again
Bill Cole, The Mental Game Coach
Ben Johnson, host of The Perpetual Chess Podcast
James Canty III, FIDE Master and Chess Streamer
Emilia Castelao, FIDE historian

Sources:
Hans Niemann gets carefully scanned - Sinquefield Cup
I'LL STRIP COMPLETELY NAKED Hans Niemann defends his cheating allegations
CLASSIC SCENE: Pulp Fiction
NASA: What does space sound like?
Hans Niemann VS Fabi In Crucial US Championship Game, Magnus Starts Drama In Qatar
Hans Niemann vs Piers Morgan (ERIC REACTS)
Shrek (2001) - Do You Know the Muffin Man? Scene (2/10) | Movieclips
My match against Hans Niemann. Detailed analysis
Kramnik on the C-Squared podcast
GM Tigran Petrosian responds to Wesley So's cheating allegations 🍿 PIPI IN YOUR PAMPERS!!!!
Hans Niemann: My proposition to Vladimir Kramnik
Announcing the Hans Niemann scholarship
Tweet: Niemann's performance is out of this world
Magnus Carlsen: "I was completely crushed in my game today..."
Magnus Carlsen: "I did ask an arbiter during the game whether watches were allowed..."
Magnus Carlsen: "Just to be clear, I am not accusing my opponent today of cheating."
Tweet: FIDE Laws 11.3.2
Confessions of a serial chess cheat: I’m quite enjoying the Carlsen v Niemann fallout
How to realistically elevate the status of Indigenous languages by Brittany McDonald 

Further reading
FIDE Handbook Anti-Cheating Regulations
The biggest cheating scandals in chess
The History of Cheating in Chess