Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann denies using vibrating sex toy to cheat

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Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann denies using vibrating sex toy to cheat
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Holy shit, this was a real thing?! So that's where It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia got the idea!

@Decoy321 @TheJims It was definitely a real controversy for months a while back. He won and his opponent iirc accused him of having a vib to help him cheat.

General concensus is that it's unlikely. The sheet complexity of communicating movements via vib patterns alone makes it a stretch.

Plus... ya know: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWCDc4I0cSQ

Wasn't the accusation that he had a device in his shoe, and the buttplug thing was just a joke that got out of hand?

@Pietson @TheJims @Decoy321 that wasn't what I heard but I didn't look too too far into it. I read a few of the light articles that discussed the viability of the butt plug cheat device, but aside from that I didn't really go back to the source or anything.

Why do your comments tag anyone remotely involved in this?