MASSIVE CHESS CHEATING SCANDAL

[@matheuscouri2225]

Its hard to find an actual adult commentary in your videos.

[@TheSicilianBear]

Pin of shame

[@GothamChess]

That's because you might have reading comprehension skills of a 7 year old

[@th3atomu555]

Then don’t watch

[@sjotpit3521]

Holy pin of shame

[@r33th]

​@@GothamChess sheeeeeesh 😂

[@smokeyninja9920]

With this case, Kramnik's accuracy at detecting cheating rises to 0.0001%

[@sorakamain5734]

🤣😂🤣🤣

[@sentientbeing8738]

Well, if you accuse everybody of cheating you'll surely find one.

[@TheArct1cCold]

That is literally what he wrote​@@sentientbeing8738

[@egorgor]

@@sentientbeing8738 What a nice excuse. Did he accuse Fabi, Nepo, Magnus, or Prag? There are plenty of people he didn’t accuse.

[@anvithpalat9953]

@@egorgor i think he did accuse the indian olympiad team for cheating

[@張謙-n3l]

For the part about Kramnik, if you accuse everyone to be a cheater, you'll 100% catch all the cheaters. But this doesn't mean this is a good strategy of catching them

[@ekarshvats6904]

Bro wtf this is not any strategy it's caveman behaviour 💀

[@Rise6474]

💀💀💀💀​@@ekarshvats6904

[@timepass4783]

That’s just hit and trial

[@ztkilla]

Pol Potnik

[@ModernWizardx1]

greedy solution vs optimised solution

[@fitzek22]

In regards to Kramnik, i would say that “Even a broken clock is right 2 times a day”

[@bestbrett]

Yeah, are we just gonna ignore all the times he is wrong? If you accuse everyone eventually you'll get it correct.

[@headcoald2516]

You literally just said the same thing he said ​@@bestbrett

[@paulb3428]

Keep lying to yourself guys, the online chess world is built on a house of cards. VIVA KRAMNIK

[@santiagofernandez2618]

@@headcoald2516 A blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while. Even a blind hen sometimes finds a grain. A broken arrow can still hit the mark.

[@nol2521]

@@paulb3428literally 1984

[@kintsuki99]

Hans was smart keeping all evidence inside of him.

[@vinciaco]

brilliant

[@jaideepshekhar4621]

Ha Gay! Oh wait-

[@ThePapaja1996]

bzzzz bzzzzzz

[@UltaGhoom]

Just for the vibes!

[@Wjbddskwndkd]

So many kids in gotham channel🙈

[@relaxd0ntd01t]

I saw the title and was relieved to know Levy wasn't the one getting banned

[@neesan69]

[@kellz6266]

🤣 just as he was on the road to GM too

[@DJPopaZoukero]

Damn that’s hash 😢

[@LahanyaG]

This deserves pin of shame 😂

[@octobsession3061]

There's "GM" on the thumbnail. Levy is Not

[@sleazeberg]

Levy's lawyer: Make sure you say allegedly at least 50x

[@mikehartl8665]

🤣🤣🤣

[@sammarks9146]

@@sleazeberg Simon Whistler has entered the chat.

[@HarryCrackz]

"and reiterate how much you don't want to make this video"

[@agentraydg839]

Oh man 😅

[@nicholasdrost693]

It's what news stations do

[@ZbigniewZCieszyna]

funny thing about Kramnik - maybe he already forgot - but in 2006 World Championship Match Kramnik vs. Topalov - Kramnik went to toilet and restroom a few dozen times

[@ekarshvats6904]

Yup iguess he brought his strong computer cpu and stuff to analyse the position and find the best moves in the toilet😂

[@ArsMoriendiSynthPop]

Kramnik didn’t need a smartphone in 2006 to hypothetically cheat. He could have used a hidden communication device, like a pager or a small receiver, to get moves from an accomplice analyzing the game with a computer.

[@ArsMoriendiSynthPop]

Oh and I forgot to add: "😂" ...

[@douggieharrison6913]

That was 20 years ago lol people change over the years. 20 years ago I also said and did things that don't reflect who I am today

[@le_gus001]

No worries, we didn't forget that 😂

[@tinne26]

To be honest, the alledged cheating sounds too sloppy to be real. Leaving a phone with a note in a bathroom and ignoring the arbiter warnings to go there anyway? How sillier could it get?

[@tvrskkngdm2333]

Its Ukranian style.

[@somethingorother7440]

Im sure the investigation will get to the bottom of it, but its hard to take cheating allegations seriously after what happened with hans.

[@snowvaz2190]

In the first game a cleaning lady found the phone and left it at reception, that's why she didn't play the whole game like the module There are more clues, Divis speaks about them (in spanish) on a video. He is clearly a cheater

[@snowvaz2190]

In the first game a cleaning lady found the phone and left it at reception, that's why she didn't play the whole game like the module There are more clues, Divis speaks about them (in spanish) on a video. He is clearly a cheater

[@thecrusaders413]

@@tvrskkngdm2333 Amina Abakarova a russian chess girl, poisoned her opponent Umayganat Osmanova, she risks now 3 years prison, this is the russian style.

[@jonsnow1324]

I have also cheated. While i played, i had a friend who held up a mirror behind my opponent, so i could see his side of the board. Im not sorry

[@victorvolobuev507]

How dare you, bastid😂

[@mpmpm]

"Im not sorry": You should. If you can't play fair(ly), please stop diluting the quality of the chess community.

[@victorvolobuev507]

Isa joke bro, a mirror may only hep if you’re playing battle ship or poker

[@jonsnow1324]

@victorvolobuev507 no I won that game, I was able to see my opponent side better. I saw he had a rook in the corners at the start, and pawns in a line one square away fron the end of the borad. Gave me an advantage

[@HoSza1]

Cheating advice for phone users: - Hide your device well - Change time zone - Don't leave silly notes with it - Or if you do at least use a printed one - Clear finger prints - Don't drop DNS samples of any type - Remove SIM cards - Turn on airplane mode

[@Strype13]

Lastly, if you have to flush it down the shitter, make sure it goes down.

[@JeBoisHub]

bro forgot to flush the evidence 💀💀

[@MeNoodle]

bruh good one

[@T.R.O.Y_drawing]

lol

[@eatmyfrigginshorts]

that would probably hurt the pipes

[@NJDJ2]

😂

[@agentraydg839]

It might be clogged!

[@gghelis]

Kramnik was the OG toilet cheating suspect.

[@awakebutstillinbed]

skibidi?

[@user-gr3tg2yk6o-24_डफ़क]

He was not a suspect … he cheated for sure

[@Relisoc4]

@@user-gr3tg2yk6o-24_डफ़कmy theory is his obsession without is rooted in the fact that he did toilet cheat. Projection and all that

[@dariogreggio7981]

​@@user-gr3tg2yk6o-24_डफ़क how? explain pls

[@VARMOT123]

Which year ?

[@bobsuarez4364]

I know nothing about chess, barely play and know very little about the game. But I'm from Spain and I can assure, without a doubt, that note has not been written by any spaniard and it is so clear. We would not write "no toques". Nobody in Spain speaks or writes like that. We would say "no tocar el movil" or "no toques el movil" (much less likely in my opinion, but still possible). "No toques" by itself feels so weird to say.

[@ysf-d9i]

yeah, who wouldn't want to wear a toque hat in the winter?

[@Bobromil]

Spaniards giving this poor guy food poisoning and planting a phone with a note they wrote with the pen they gave him to sign in. Intentionally writing in a way that wouldn't sound natural.

[@might.be.zwerty22]

(or no se toca) as another spanish person, i agree

[@might.be.zwerty22]

also huesped aint used like that, for owner you would use dueño

[@JoshuaGutierrez-yq2bi]

And who uses Huesped?!

[@Ziad.G]

Every time i return to watch this channel i am impressed by how well levy is a not biased-reporter and how much respect he shows to his influence over the chess world

[@jaideepshekhar4621]

He's biased towards Hans.

[@arvindmoharir9561]

@@jaideepshekhar4621 no

[@serikazero128]

How to become a GM in chess: Get a few phones, set them on the time zone of your opponents. When you see they go to bathroom a lot, put a phone in the bathroom. Called the referee. Free wins.

[@mata2723]

but also make sure your opponent eat or drink something before that will make him/her go often to bathroom so it is suspicious

[@tripl9]

give your opponents cookies as a hello, goodluck. laced with laxatives!

[@jamesrustles8670]

​@@tripl9poison opponent like that lady somewhat recently 😂

[@Strype13]

@@tripl9 If you're going as far as lacing your opponents cookies, might as well just go with strychnine or something. An absentee forfeit is a lot more reliable.

[@Khedran]

We must admit it, General Motors had betrayed our trust enough, life time ban!

[@ghmongo]

Bring back the Pontiac Vibe!

[@endthisnonsense7202]

That'd have to be Ford obviously. The episode when the Ford Motor Company infamously decided it was cheaper to pay wrongful death suits than fix the Ford Pinto is well documented.

[@falkkiwiben]

Will never forget what they did to SAAB >:(

[@voss9842]

I only trust the Ford Mustangs now!

[@thedilatoryvellichor748]

Love how every time Gotham tries to be more serious, his comment section is as braindead as always.

[@FC-fs7zp]

They also cheat a lot...so they like to pretend its all exagerated...

[@mauer1]

nah they are even more brain dead to level the playing field.

[@sherryw1919]

A comment only referencing brain-dead comments ... ironic.

[@thedilatoryvellichor748]

@@sherryw1919 I'd say this channel's comments thrives on irony lol. And how the hell did this comment get so many likes?

[@toddpdroneworks563]

Kramnik falls under the "even a blind squirrel can find a nut once in a while" classification.

[@anvithpalat9953]

except he isn't blind or a squirrel. he's that guy that yells GET OFF MY LAWN when ur on the sidewalk

[@jackavle]

17:54 a broken clock is right twice a day.

[@jazzabighits4473]

unless it's a digital clock

[@magnificcenTCG]

Really simple solution, just put a toilet in the playing hall right in the open just like the toilets you see in prison and ain't no cheating happening.

[@piergiorgio919]

Or a toilet with a faraday cage

[@obibellowme]

@@piergiorgio919nah stockfish can be ran on the phone without any internett

[@Gamebuster]

@@piergiorgio919 Phones are powerful enough to run engines locally.

[@guitargod3545]

​@@piergiorgio919lead toilet lmao

[@guitargod3545]

​@@Gamebusterdetect any and all emi, all possible frequencies and then just find them? I get you wouldn't be able to bring anything electronic in but at this point how else do you prevent someone from just bringing in a ipod

[@Jossandoval]

Look, one must always consideer the context when hearing someone talk. When Kramnik talks about suspicious data with high-school level understanding of statics, it's ok to ignore him. But when Kramnik talks about using devices in the toilet to cheat in chess, one must listen, he is a pioneer on the field.

[@hakkai720]

Veslin topalov vs kramnik😂😂😂😂😂

[@carloercollodi]

When jossandoval talks about getting beat up by his dad for being an annoying kid we all listen to the expert

[@Jossandoval]

@@carloercollodi Hey! Tell your mom that the things that I tell her in the afterglow are private!

[@carloercollodi]

the afterglow of getting your ass beat

[@Jossandoval]

@@carloercollodi What can I say, your mom is into some freaky things. I don't kink shame thought, but I will have the rest of the world to have their turn for a while.

[@victorvilla5742]

I think cheating in chess also involves some kind of psychological problem. I play a lot in lichess in anonymous mode when I'm practicing opening lines and found out that many of my oponnents used engine and one can think that there is no point in that. Those are unrated games and you don't get anything from that, but I think it is a mental or emotional issue.

[@adomaskuzinas2137]

Anonymous ratingless games on lichess are cancer. Either you get paired with a complete noob, or you get crushed by stockfish. Nothing inbetween.

[@DavetheGrue]

@@adomaskuzinas2137 I played blitz that way and didn't find that; as an intermediate player the field was a little better than I was but not a lot. I quit because it was cancer for a different reason: poor sportsmanship. I couldn't find a way to turn off takeback requests in anonymous games, and people would quit without resigning if you didn't let them takeback mistakes (not just misclicks). That and all the stall-quitting, which sucks even in blitz. "Dude, it's anonymous! There's no rating. Why not just resign?"

[@cerealhit555]

No, you're just facing people who wouldn't play chess if they couldn't cheat. Same goes in video games, a large group of people only play games because they can cheat. If they couldn't cheat or would actually get banned for it, they wouldn't play at all.

[@cmdroldar]

kramnik was accusing so many people that its statistically unlikely he *wouldnt* eventually be right and also, as they say; even a stopped clock is right twice a day

[@douggieharrison6913]

I think there are a lot more people cheating and Kramnik isn't wrong. Finding one roach means there's 50 more you haven't found.

[@Hayun_Emb]

​@@douggieharrison6913 But there are a lot more ppl he has accused of cheating but are totally innocent.

[@FN57pewpew]

Double negative, Kramnik wouldn't unlikely can't comprehend

[@cmdroldar]

double negatives are grammatically correct, especially in the way i used them

[@Youonly_dieonce]

@@FN57pewpewI think you have the same 7 year old reading comprehension as the pinned comment

[@davidchristian8066]

As the saying goes "Cheaters who are bad at what they play, cheat to win. Cheaters who are good at what they play, cheat because they want to keep winning."

[@Strype13]

That doesn't sound like a genuine saying, at all. You sure you didn't just make that up?

[@davidchristian8066]

@Strype13 I was paraphrasing Karl Jobst

[@Strype13]

@@davidchristian8066 Oh, really? That's the fella who covers gaming/speedrunning content, right? And also kicked Billy Mitchell's ass in one of his despicable ,frivolous lawsuits? I really enjoy his content. I don't remember hearing him say that phrase, but I most certainly haven't watched all of his videos. And I will admit, that does sound like something he might say, lol. Do you happen to remember what video he said it in? I'd love to check it out.

[@davidchristian8066]

@@Strype13 the closest i could find was from his first dream cheating video, but i swear i heard something closer from him in a different video. I just can't remember which.

[@Sardarji927]

My Ex also cheated in the toilet!

[@polarisalpine1530]

*on

[@ramunasstulga8264]

​@@polarisalpine1530at*

[@anvithpalat9953]

@@polarisalpine1530 💀thats crazy

[@cannotfigureoutaname]

​@@polarisalpine1530 Who knows, maybe she's into that shi

[@chungus816]

That's nasty bruh

[@MrYoungHegelian]

He is 100% cheating online if he is this bold to cheat OTB.

[@meganaxelia]

… he cheated in such a dumb manner that I almost just don’t believe it. he didn’t even try to cover his bases. surely a GM isn’t THIS idiotic, or maybe I overestimated how intelligent GMs are off the board?

[@AlTarif]

Pattern recognition and memorization don't make you intelligent in many other important aspects of life.

[@thederp9309]

@@Tihreerpeople tend to see patterns that aren’t there. And it only works for specific patterns because it’s based on experience… every human has pattern recognition, that’s why experience is so important when doing a task and getting better… the only thing that GMs spend most their time doing is chess… they actually are likely to be worse than average people because they hyper focus so much attention on one specific thing

[@sentientbeing8738]

@@Tihreer Depends on if its general pattern recogntion or specific. Chess is a very specific skill that is trained... well, specifically. Spotting a 5 move tactic on a board game instantly isnt exactly going to help you in other walks of life. For example, pattern recognition is how we learn, speak, and write languages. Being good at chess wont help you there. Its not a piece on a board.

[@helium999_]

or maybe he didn't cheat? or maybe he did and he really was dumb lol, but let's not make up conclusions ourselves before the investigation

[@Riteshplayssomethin]

gms are normal. if you repeatedly do something for 10 yrs u r obv going to be better at it

[@plushcap3320]

can you imagine an alternate reality where magnus is just that good at cheating and not at chess?

[@SimonVotte]

Had the same thought, it'd make a nice Black Mirror episode, where he would have a chip in his brain

[@joaopedroandsan2172]

​@@SimonVotteI can't just remember magnus being drunk af and still winning 😂😂

[@zeejayym]

The short attached to this video was so well edited and then the actual long-form video is essentially the opposite.

[@sorenliden]

bro cheated and didn't even win 😭🙏

[@ramunasstulga8264]

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭💀🙏

[@brianrathbone6046]

**alledged

[@mayi4403]

😂🤣😂

[@cable7763]

@@brianrathbone6046 alleged*

[@amanuelamogne9749]

Was happy to see a GothamChess video upload alert... wasn't expecting to see a GM ditch the viral vibrator and use the classic number 3... Bathroom Opening Smartphone Variation...

[@tschakatschada]

😄

[@ntarctica]

I'm doing that bathroom opening smartphone variation

[@KidHomeCook]

Hmm, ranked 69 player got Banned. That's suspicious

[@alveolate]

we should take a good look at ranked 420 player next

[@danielcuestapambi732]

Mmm... Interesting

[@1nonly_ai]

dats weirddd...

[@jvr6809]

Gm diddy combs

[@claudiodimaio]

69th like, that's sus too

[@kakalis2323]

Oh no!! Kramnik will feel forever vindicated. I'm just waiting for him to accuse Magnus next. 😂😂

[@ghnbtrcv8672]

Kramnik rubbing his hands with joy on this one 😂😂

[@kerkireos]

Its the toilet variation, best counter diarhea counterattack

[@WookieRookie]

On attack on flank, you should counterattack opponent's stomach

[@kc_jones_gaming]

I prefer the Pepto opening when I get attacked by that

[@KidHomeCook]

0:37 Levy mentions magnus

[@sscssc908]

I actually thought he is not going to but there you go, I hope he becomes gm too.

[@ScootsMcPoot]

who cares?

[@sscssc908]

@@ScootsMcPoot your mom

[@Ziabetus]

​@@ScootsMcPootI don't even play chess and have no idea what's going on but I still took this comment as a meme

[@garf6615]

Some people will always cheat. The massive positive is that the tournament and chess authorities have have not tried to hide this and are being open and proactive.

[@tofusauce]

There was no smoking gun for niemann, there was a smoking plug

[@davidmasse2829]

There is considerable circumstantial evidence here. He was waiting for that specific toilet for crying out loud.

[@marcrob100]

Said who? The guy who left the phone and the weird note?

[@Rise6474]

New opening: the toliet variation, phoney attack gambit

[@yddmaven]

IMAGINE BANNING GRANDMOTHERS!

[@Machi--_--Komacine]

how am I gonna eat grandma's cookies again 😭

[@Maxl12765]

Or general managers

[@Venerable_great_love]

Or gorgeous mom

[@xxjbboiiixx6243]

Or gay menace

[@alihijazi4451]

Or grant money

[@yakonlap]

Not to give kramnik credit but Kirill did win the last late Titled Tuesday

[@sleazeberg]

🤣

[@ScootsMcPoot]

he was a world champion at one point, so i would expect him to win sometimes. People are acting like he didnt used to be the best in the world at one point in time.

[@JonboyKoi]

I honestly hate what chess has become, just yesterday, i ran into 3 online cheaters. I am officially falling out of love with chess, trolls and trash players ruin everything

[@aldogutierrez6637]

I just kept playing until I found people who didn’t cheat. Then I sent them a friend request and we now play regularly 😅

[@FC-fs7zp]

Exactly

[@alessandromanera3805]

18:08 “I’m not trying to get named in any 100 million dollar lawsuits” 😂

[@davidschneide5422]

He got caught because he didn’t wash his hands after leaving the stall, raising suspicion.

[@Toshinben]

Not washing your hands after using the bathroom is suspicious, regardless of context. Does Lex Luthor wash his hands? Thanos? Dormammu? No. Because they are villains.

[@loganroy3381]

If you think everyone is cheating, of course you're going to be right about the people who actually are cheating.

[@chrisb8698]

Can't believe chess players are no longer allowed to say Good Morning to each other at tournaments. Crazy.

[@DanacChess]

Silence during games you know. Handshakes are still allowed. ( :

[@張謙-n3l]

Well, according to the rule, players should stay silent during the tournament

[@dmack9646]

Crazy theory, Kramnik or a kramnik like figure gave the guy a large amount of laxatives and planted a phone in the bathroom in order to continue the ongoing storyline of players cheating instead of getting good

[@DenysBuryi]

Honestly the story sounds so dumb I'm wondering

[@gaborp123]

Victim is Ukrainian. Kramnik is Russian. Need more proof?

[@uoio7540]

Laughed out loud at this 😂

[@NevirSurrender]

It’s such an absurd situation for the evidence to be so comical that it’s either the cheater is extremely dumb, or they’re being set up 😂

[@sammarks9146]

My dad taught me that cheating is the worst thing you can do, so accusing someone of cheating, without solid evidence, is just about as bad. But man, there's some pretty good evidence.

[@ChessJew]

Chess is at a crisis point. If serious measures aren't taken ASAP, it's going to be hard to take chess seriously as a competitive endeavour.

[@lomiification]

As long as folks get caught, it's doing fine

[@josephmcbrien7646]

There isnt any security at this event. He got caught for being a complete redacted about it He left a hand written note on the phone 😂😂😂​@lomiification

[@張謙-n3l]

But the point is that it's very hard to do so. If you raise the threshold (like you only decide to ban one when you're 99.99% sure he's cheating), a lot of cheaters will escape; if you lower the threshold (like you ban someone when you're 95% sure), a lot of innocent players will be banned. BTW, in case you are interested, if we have an algorithm with the correct probably being x, then even if like Fabiano thought, 20% of the players are cheating, the chance of an accused "cheater" to be really cheating will be x/(4-3x). This means that even in this scenario, using an algorithm with 99% (0.99) accuracy, around 96% of accused ones are really cheating.

[@Thealabsi]

​@@張謙-n3l I don't get it but your comment looks smart

[@張謙-n3l]

@@Thealabsi It's just applying Bayes' theorem to calculate the chance for one to be really cheating when they're accused

[@RevMonkey]

What were General Motors doing in the tournament anyway?

[@vandy3427]

5.3L collapsed lifter variation

[@Alilouxxx]

You’re a good dude man! Been following u for years thank you very much for the hard work you put in Saw u up, sometimes down, most of us do not comment but still support you and are grateful for your content. Don’t let haters get the best of you, one of ur best qualities is that you care abt the game and the people in it. Keep it up ! A lot of us are looking forward to seeing ur content everyday Lots of love and positive energy from Morocco brother !

[@dangerdogs3967]

0:28 Sir, a second chess cheating scandal has hit the chess community

[@deadlychessplayer-of5cl]

Given the situation these days, FIDE must allow players to wear diapers.

[@WhyWhy-nf1tx]

This actually makes sense lol 😂

[@billbolton]

Or commode chairs.

[@bozbozman1575]

I can hold myself for 2,3 hours no problem.

[@cukka99]

@@bozbozman1575 Will this ever be relevant to fide?

[@NourElHoudaHere]

Get ready for a stinking chess hall then

[@iceyroo]

Kramnik is already here in the comments…

[@thatonesub]

Where’s my 3 seconds of uncomfortable staring and awkward silence at the start of the video??

[@AgeOfNerds]

Kramnik: high precision, low accuracy

[@johnnydoe3603]

This is Actual Evidence & Not a Salty Opponent Complaining after Losing. 😊

[@piergiorgio919]

This isn't evidence by any means

[@Wobesz]

​@@piergiorgio919 yes it is, it just isn't concrete proof. Important distinction I used to struggle with formerly as well.

[@HeartFallsApart]

This is crazy.. I thought he was in the Candidates a few years ago, until I realized I confused the names with Alekseenko.

[@G-chess_channel]

Yeah. If Alekseenko got accuses it would be absolutely crazy

[@HeartFallsApart]

@@G-chess_channel yeah, but it’s a catastrophe that there’s still cheating in chess.

[@hoxley1307]

In a game that a computer can play better than a human there will forever be cheaters

[@davidcorcoran1715]

I learnt today that this channel is not a reference to batman.

[@mitho947]

Cheating is a big problem for chess. So sad that people need to cheat to win. They should give his GM title to Levi. He deserves it much more.

[@Accrovideogames]

There isn't a finite number of GM titles to give. It's also not something that can be transferred.

[@purrpurr6618]

Hes already the ultimate sgm of clickbait

[@robinesperoza]

Nah, I love Levi but he doesn't deserve a GM title until he gets there, hope he does but he's got work to do.

[@rface0]

It's good to have an empathetic voice in this. If you're right and the cheating is money-motivated because he's struggling there's an important discussion to have that will both help people *and* help get rid of some cheating.

[@vinayranga2211]

He left a note with the phone, means he expected people to see it and ignore the phone. It sounds so dumb assuming other players in the tournament would be using the same toilet.

[@SHADOW21_08]

0:00 levy is not happy

[@hyperchaz1506]

26:07 get out of here

[@18lolable]

Not using an free and open toilet stall and instead waiting for the specific one where a phone happens to be, is proof enough for me.

[@andrewwilson9123]

Yeah, that’s really suspicious

[@kritic4622]

Phone in the toilet??? It is so obvious that I get the feeling someone framed him

[@Navs006]

And he played right into the trap by going to the washroom an abnormal amount of times

[@meganaxelia]

Same. It’s bewilderingly dumb. Unfathomably stupid. How could a GM be this low IQ off the board?

[@FEATDOXSHORTS]

@@Navs006 stockfish level sarcasm! lol

[@HXD90]

⁠@@FEATDOXSHORTSYeah, if stockfish was set at 1ms.

[@jaideepshekhar4621]

And he was forced to stand infront of the stall containing the phone with tractor beams. And then erasing his memory. 😂

[@ganges12345]

Truly a humble video - honestly great stuff, trying to understand and considering the human behind the cheater! Lots of respect and karma points for this attitude Gotham

[@chucknowakowski6676]

It so amateur that it smells like a set up

[@noamcohen1709]

Welp, at least after the title i knew it wasnt you that got banned

[@Daily_meme_and_more]

GETTING BANNED IS CRAZY🥶🥶🥶

[@decisivemoment]

You skipped my favorite part "the cleaner revealing that a similar phone had been found there the day before and left unclaimed after it was handed in to the reception". Maybe it should be said to cleaners in tournament venues to let the organizers know if they find phones in the bathroom?

[@cyanidecologne9018]

Forgetting / finding phones in bathrooms is really common especially if you're a cleaner

[@decisivemoment]

@@cyanidecologne9018 That's precisely why they should be told to report such findings on tournament days! It's quite relevant info, in particular if nobody picks up the phone afterwards

[@NeonJosef]

No it isn’t, what are you talking about?!

[@decisivemoment]

@@cyanidecologne9018 That's precisely why they should be told to report such findings on tournament days! It's quite relevant info, in particular if nobody picks up the phone afterwards

[@decisivemoment]

@cyanidecologne9018 That's precisely why they should be told to report such findings on tournament days! It's quite relevant info, in particular if nobody picks up the phone afterwards

[@iV587]

This channel went from the best chess educational channel, to the best chest recap channel, now to a random commentary channel?

[@alexpurdy673]

Whenever someone asks why high level players cheat, in any format, I always defer to Karl Jobst: [High level] cheaters don’t cheat to get good records, they cheat to get good records faster

[@yoooyoyooo]

The way he did it with a note on the phone is hilarious. Imagine a smartphone with that message in a hall where chess is being played. Just ridiculous.

[@mrpocock]

It does make you wonder what somebody who isn't a social idiot could do.

[@psymar]

Which is why I don't believe for a second this is real and not a frame job.

[@rickcarson591]

@@psymar explain then why he wouldn't happily use the other bathroom stalls and insisted on only using the one with the locked phone with his handwriting on it? If he was being stitched up he'd have to (a) know about it and (b) be cooperating with the people trying to frame him. (Unless the other stalls were _super gross_ ofc :D )

[@TroyHanns]

​@rickcarson591 True and he said his stomach wasn't good but he went and ate a extra spicy burrito right after the match.

[@MrVovansim]

Just goes to show, again, that being good at chess does not correlate to general intelligence. Imagine being told by the arbiter: don't go to the bathroom without me any more -- and still doing it. Arbiter straight up told you he is suspicious, and you keep cheating? What do you think is going to happen??

[@toaster4693]

I despise cheaters. We need to start emphasizing the concept of honor as one of the most important societal virtues.

[@rorro6281]

4:14 You really nailed that name, I was surprised you could pronounce it almost perfectly

[@Frazzledragon]

That kind of cheating is just embarassing. A handwritten note, phone in the bathroom stall? At least hide it, use duct tape or something.

[@SchadenfreudeUY]

5:14 very good Spanish there

[@Clusten]

Just fail with "dejó" and "contestara", but pass huesped. 9/10

[@MountainLabsYT]

Kramnik: "I told you he was a cheater..."

[@Dawnthensunset3839]

It's funny that this is the second time a GM has cheated in a toilet. How low do you have to be when you already have the title and all and you still cheat

[@Machi--_--Komacine]

Fr. like just get good, smh

[@Epidombe]

Its for the money isnt it?

[@ragegaze3482]

@@Epidombe ye, title has nothing to do with it. I doubt gm's are making bank without good results.

[@ItsJared___]

My ex girlfriend also cheated in a toilet. Coincidence?

[@siddhantgarodia3381]

​@ItsJared___ was she a grandmother too?

[@RupaMayfair]

I really hope you beat Pia, Levy. im rooting for you!!!

[@madeleinewalker838]

In terms of Kramnik my thoughts are: even if he catches every person cheating, but accuse 99 people falsely per each actual cheater, still Kramnik has a failure rate of 99%. A person won’t cross a bridge if there is 99% chance of it breaking, so why a trust a person with the same record. Additionally, just because you’re a chess world champion doesn’t give you the right to bully other chess players.

[@rohancr2688]

kramnik being right about this is kinda like how a broken clock is right twice a day

[@adomaskuzinas2137]

Why would Shevchenko risk his intgrity just for some random league games? We all know from his GCT appearances he is able to hold his own against high rated GMs, even in blitz or rapid chess. Maybe theres more to this story than meets the eye.

[@wahbi79]

He is not risking anything had he gotten away with it

[@KemestA7X]

Wait so if I bet all my money and win, I didn't actually risk it because I won? ​@@wahbi79

[@carlosdumbratzen6332]

Let's put on the tinfoil hat: this was some kind of conspiracy to paint the Ukrainian team by the FSB or something and Kramnik is obviously also paid by the Russian state and this is only another move in the information war around the Ukraine war

[@Thirsty555]

14:25 Bro just casually dropping GothamChess lore

[@silent5992]

As a Kramnik apprentice I can say Kramnik placed the phone in the toilet and he pick out the fingerprint when he was sleeping

[@nimatedAdventures]

unrelated comment: Levy never fails to milk the Botez sisters

[@parazightsporch2523]

The person in this video lets his emotions dominate his life.

[@GothamChess]

Which person?

[@avalope]

@@GothamChessthe person duh!!

[@CharlesShorts]

@@GothamChess me

[@OpposingFork]

​@@GothamChess got hams chess

[@douglasquaid7550]

He will have to put the fries in the bag instead of playing chess after this.

[@brumetaru]

A broken clock is right twice a day.

[@al87221]

This cleared Kramnik’s bad reputation

[@anvithpalat9953]

ye but... Kramnik isn't a clock or broken. He is the old guy that yells "GET OFF MY LAWN!!!!!!!" when ur on the other side of the sidewalk

[@cannotfigureoutaname]

​@@al87221If you put every human in this world in jail, you'll get every single criminal too, it didn't clear his reputation.

[@eurabio]

The handwritten note makes no sense. When I heard about that I thought it must be a set-up, but also it was very weird that Kiril went to that specific WC. I just don't understand why the arbiters didn't try to get him in fraganti and instead shut down the toilet.

[@alijvn3783]

I just realized that I love you. You deserve to have this many subscribers and more

[@mako2026]

0:01 ladies and gentlemen

[@valeraBS13]

thank you

[@TheTakenName]

Oh no! NOT MY GRAND MOTHER BEING BANNED!

[@prcguy9953]

@7:35 levy holding back the “no diddy” with every fiber of his soul

[@Shesalynx]

I like your approach. You don't judge a person, but try to understand them. Which is rare on the Internet.

[@johntate6537]

I applaud Levi for making one of his main concerns the wellbeing of Shevchenko. It's far too easy to join into a feeding frenzy, which is only ever about those partaking feeding their own egos at other people's expense. So, bravo to Levi for not being that kind of person. Cheating needs to be taken seriously in chess in order for the game not to be brought into disrepute with all the damage that can do. Taking it seriously means doing the real work of prevention, detection and deterence, and not engaging in endless conspiracy theorising. Here's hoping that FIDE can defy their own history and that of most sports governing bodies and haul their snouts out of the corporate trough just long enough to protect the interests of the game for its players and fans. That said, I won't be holding my breath expecting that to happen.