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Rope-a-Dope
26 Jul 2026
newyorker.com

Are the Enhanced Games an existential threat to fairness or a cure for death? Zach Helfand reports.

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The Chess Cheating Epidemic
22 Sep 2025
quillette.com

The Chief Chess Officer of Chess.com describes the crisis he confronted when Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen lost a tournament match to a suspected cheater.

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When it comes to unfair tactics, some of us are just better at bending the rules. But, the urge to cheat at games is easier to understand when you examine how they are designed.