Cheating for all Ages

For the last few weeks I've been running a weekly series on Chess.com's Game Review Tools (February 2023). I'll continue with Chess.com, but change the focus. That post mentioned,

[Chess.com] has a good reputation for vigorously enforcing its no-engine policy, even if it leads to controversial decisions.

I'll start with a summary of past posts on this blog that dealt with various aspects of cheating. It's a real mixed bag. Posts marked '(*)' featured Chess.com.

Recent months have seen heavy media interest in the so-called Niemann affair. The entire discussion gets a '(*)' because Chess.com played a leading role.

• 2022-09-08: Chess Players Behaving Very, Very Badly
• 2022-09-19: Talkchess Talks Current Topics
• 2022-09-29: Cheating Mania
• 2022-10-27: Chess960 Mania
• 2022-11-24: Steamin' Niemann
• 2022-11-29: Disappearing Yahoos
• 2022-12-06: How Many for Carlsen? For Niemann?
• 2023-01-31: First Yahoos of 2023
• 2023-02-12: 'The Von Niemann Probe'

Another recent, recurring topic has been the controversy surrounding the 1997 match Kasparov vs. IBM's Deep Blue (m-w.com). It provided some precedent for the Niemann affair.

• 2019-07-28: The World Was Watching • 'Garry insisted that IBM cheated.'
• 2022-05-16: 25 Years Ago in Chess History
• 2022-09-25: 'The Root of All Evil'?
• 2022-10-17: 'One Move In, One Move Out'

The rest of the posts are listed in unfiltered, reverse chronological order.

• 2022-01-24: Correspondence Forums in the 2000s
• 2021-03-30: The Yahoos' Database Flags Cheating (*)
• 2020-08-28: Update on Online Chess Events (*) • 'Activity for the three main [online play] sites has declined, reflecting perhaps the gradual lifting of coronavirus lockdowns or perhaps the frustration of interminable cheating scandals.'
• 2020-05-10: An Influential Organization (*)
• 2020-02-28: FIDE's Media and Fair Play Commissions 2019
• 2020-02-07: Spectating the 90th FIDE Congress?
• 2019-07-30: A Cheating Yahoo • Igors Rausis
• 2019-01-24: FIDE's Ethics Commission 2018
• 2019-01-17: FIDE's 'Anti-Cheating' / 'Fair Play' Commission 2018
• 2018-01-18: FIDE's Ethics Commission 2017
• 2018-01-04: FIDE's Anti-Cheating Commission 2017
• 2017-03-31: PRO Chess League (*)
• 2016-12-27: FIDE's Anti-Cheating Commission 2016
• 2016-12-20: FIDE's Journalist Commission 2016
• 2016-04-14: ACP Survey 2016 - Results
• 2015-12-10: FIDE Anti-Cheating Guidelines
• 2015-12-03: FIDE Anti-Cheating Proposal
• 2015-11-26: Ethics in Chess Politics - Stories
• 2015-11-24: Ethics in Chess Politics - Cases
• 2015-11-10: Millionaire Open II - Chess Life
• 2015-08-18: 2015 CJA Awards
• 2014-10-09: Winter's 'Unsolved Chess Mysteries'
• 2014-06-10: The 'No Cheating' Jigsaw Puzzle • 'Two essays on one of the hottest subjects in chess have appeared this month'
• 2013-12-12: Ethics and Cheating
• 2013-04-26: Kramnik on the Unification Match
• 2012-10-25: Feller, Rybka, Arbiters, and More
• 2012-10-08: Most 'HTTP 404' Are External Errors
• 2011-01-18: 'We Have to Take Him as He Is'
• 2010-01-12: Scientific American's Computer Chess
• 2007-01-25: An Amazing Coincidence
• 2006-12-08: The Machine Sees Further Ahead

The list needs a lot more work. I'll fill in some of the blanks as I continue with the Chess.com series.