Hikaru faces a CHEATER in Arena Kings tournament and EXPOSES HIM

Hikaru faces a cheater who later gets banned for cheating.
Credit: Twitch.tv/GMHikaru

[@brianbernstein3826]

Hikaru: “wait isn’t that a free pawn?” Stockfish: “humans are honestly adorable…awww.”

[@ibrahimatakancicek6127]

xD

[@victor6010]

🤣🤣

[@UndisputedONE2]

Stockfish: “humans are honestly adorable…awww.” Tord, Marco and Joona: "cute.. its gettin cocky, lets pull the plug"

[@jason-stern]

SKAlexandrovich: I just beat Hikaru!! Stockfish: No, that was me.

[@normalancovek620]

"Chess speaks for itself"

[@snoozy04]

beads

[@NaN_000]

​@@snoozy04infinity beads

[@brycepeddicord6763]

Stockfish speaks for itself

[@Badissweet]

😂 In Hans Voice

[@levkrainov]

It's important to note that 99% accuracy by itself doesn't mean cheating. I had 98.6 accuracy when I was 1500 online with boring draw. Almost anyone can have high accuracy by playing known theoretical draw, like Berlin. Here however the cheater had 99.4 accuracy in a complicated position full of tension, sacking pawns and pieces and with almost no time spent.

[@barakoxman4951]

agreed. I had 100% accuracy in a game, but it was because my opponent's first non-book move blundered mate in 3. Really it's a question of your opponent...it's not too crazy to play close to 100% accuracy when your opponent constantly blunders easy tactics (not hard to find the best move when your opponent hangs their pieces or blunders checkmate).

[@berryesseen]

Maybe he is too lucky or smart to find them. It is low probability but still possible. Cheating in chess is almost impossible to prove via game review. One person can get 99% accuracy over and over and still not cheat. Also, using computers to get some help shouldn’t be that bad. We are using them everywhere. Why not chess? One can argue that it is no fun to play because machines will always draw. But this is false. You can always develop your own chess engine. So, there is room to improve. The greatest chess players are the ones who develop the best engines. We should stop blaming people for using engines. It’s literally like using google maps.

[@Manuel-nu2xp]

@@berryesseen tell me you know nothing about chess without telling me you know nothing about chess:

[@jakemccoy]

@@berryesseen I am pretty sure the #7 chess player in the world has a darn good idea if he is playing a computer or a human.

[@berryesseen]

@@jakemccoy He can. But again, it is only a probability issue. Even some person who doesn't know chess can end up with a 99% accuracy. Low probability but not impossible. You need a concrete proof to claim cheating. Until proven guilty, everyone is innocent.

[@vanitys7]

Me after 3 moves 1:23

[@rasmus5341]

Opponent: 1. e4 Me: *ehm..*

[@Jems5555]

It's either "what do I do next" or "what the hell am I doing"

[@pokermagnat]

@@Jems5555 OMEGALUL@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@rasmus5341]

@@pokermagnat xD also laughed while coming up with the comment if I remember correctly xD

[@vitabcdefghijklmno]

1:37 hikaru realised he’s getting pummelled at every moves 😂

[@johntash5895]

I like that Hikaru remained level, detached.

[@lordmatthewanunnahybrid1356]

Same detachment Stockfish had when it played Alpha Zero lol

[@JasonKifner]

Yes, some might say an almost robotic level of detachment.

[@Jett000006]

a hundred million dollar lawsuit will do that to you lol

[@GoldJerryGold]

@@Jett000006? Explain?

[@_.Madness._]

My worst nightmare: playing against Hikaru and winning.

[@branGG]

The dude was actually cheating though

[@noone-qu5ec]

You wouldn’t win without cheating

[@charles2521]

@@branGG He knows... but does not care...

[@robdubent]

Don’t worry your nightmare will never come to fruition 🥴👊

[@jingga888]

2:14 accuracy 99% its totaly weird bro

[@Austin348]

To the people wondering how he knows, The most dominant players of the last 30 years have shown zero ability to beat him that one-sidedly. Two of them a very good case could be made as the greatest of all time (Carlsen and Kasparov ) But random anonymous internet guy is just better than all of them?

[@sonochinosadame4276]

no, he simply knows because opponent beat hiim with 99.9% accuracy while the average GM player has like 75-90 per game, sometimes going up 90

[@Austin348]

@@sonochinosadame4276 No, because he knew mid game. He didn't have a chance to know what % accuracy he was playing at yet. All he knew was this random stranger was playing MUCH better than the greatest chess players of all time.

[@patstaysuckafreeboss8006]

​@@Austin348Lmao at the last part of your comment. Thats so dumb

[@Cowtymsmiesznego]

@@sonochinosadame4276 No, that's not what it is.

[@prince5922]

Do you really know how stupid you sound when you say of "ALL time" do you even know what that even means? Do you think you are some timeless being who sees all of the future? Aww sure you are, how else would you qualify for being an idiot.

[@jamesmccourt9782]

I can't keep up! Great stuff! Who knew chess could be so fun to watch, but it is...

[@hypoautonomic]

When it's Hikaru vs. Stockfish I can't really follow it either.

[@laazers2169]

Opponent saw too far into the future

[@ajinkyathakre625]

When he played bishop H3 I realised white has no good moves. Which is very odd when you are playing against a super gm

[@bernardthefourth]

Breathtaking series of moves by the engine. It's fun to just play Stockfish sometimes and you're like wutttt?

[@swaanton5682]

I knew it, that guy played in the chessbrah viewer tournament the other day. I knew something was off.

[@unfixablegop]

Hikaru did not "expose" the cheater as far as I can see. That must have been the anti-cheat algorithm cleaning up. Hikaru himself was very careful not to make accusations with all the $100m lawsuits flying around. 😬

[@JuvoII]

Hikary plays weird moves, making it obvious the opponent is a machine, and not a human who "happen to play the same moves the machine would".

[@animeup1412]

Gotta be weird if you play against Nans Hiemann.

[@wiawaysb]

lol

[@ilyaslobodkin3811]

Engines speak for themselves

[@CancerCulture.]

Hahaha

[@twogunrider1592]

I never thought that somebody will come to idea to cheat in chess. So sad.

[@MintBunHunter]

Its just skill issue

[@benkutenets2391]

Thats 4000 elo, classic 10 moves ahead thinking

[@rdm5687]

00:54 Holy shxt, that poisoned pawn was amazing.

[@torduc22]

Lol it’s great that at the GM level (maybe the upper/advanced GM level, at least, but perhaps general GMs too, I just don’t know), most of them have enough experience to realize the opponent might be cheating 😂 obviously other levels could tell too depending on some odd moves like Kd2 (Eric Hansen’s opponent lol), but the one above Hikaru played seems more obscure to lower level players like me

[@ChatGPTFAN21]

the problem is that when a human sacs a queen they don't do it for no reason it it might be for a trade or something else a computer on the other hand sac everything like it winning

[@svfox]

stockfish 16 has arrived

[@AlanAA]

This video shows at my feed as soon as this new chess drama arose. Hikaru being a cheater, lmao WHAT

[@philipberggren1823]

Will never understand these people. They get the chance to play against one of the top players in the world and chose to cheat. Why? They know they are cheating and will get banned. Such a waste.

[@lezamac6]

And they can create new account

[@abdallatefnsour]

They just get to say that they beat hikaru regardless of the way they did it

[@Min2konto]

It is spite.

[@sethsmith6042]

IF they weren't cheating they never would've got that chance

[@philipberggren1823]

@@sethsmith6042 people do this when Magnus and Hikaru plays random viewers aswell.

[@cryptonite8495]

"I don't know what this is. I don't know what this is." Resigns. So Hikaru is saying the moves are too good for a human to make unaided?

[@Oldlard]

Yes

[@kingslayer3365]

Not just too good. Very unnatural and unintuitive play from Hikaru's perspective (and mine too but that's irrelevant)

[@wiawaysb]

the thing with chess engine moves is that the only way they make sense is later in a very particular way that you cannot really immediately see the reason they make sense. so it's pretty apparent when someone cheats. the real good players that come close to a chess engine like hikaru or magnus is that they do their best to "calculate" but an engine does it differently. and you can just outright see that a move in a particular position makes absolutely zero sense from a human perspective because it would only make sense to an engine, hence cheating.

[@THAC0MANIC]

@@kingslayer3365 considering the guy has made claims like that vs other GMS who where streaming vs him and proven to not be cheaters? I Take anything and eveything Hikaru states with a grain of salt the guy is known to be a Manchild bitching and complaining on a regular basics and will ban anyone who dosnt play 'normaly' Define normal for me please, I MEan to hikaru that means if you dont have 2 and half children in america your not normal how you get exactly 2 and a half i dunno but your not normal if you dont have that many basicly the guy is a man child if you ask me. Edit : Seems like the chess community as a whole seems bent out of shape to jump / band wagon and throw anyone under the bus coz they called Hikmaru poor behavor out I just pointed out he dos this even with other GMS and ppl are making accusations against me. Good Jorb.

[@hieu1807]

@@THAC0MANIC Your lengthly text shows you know nothing about the game. Saying chess engine can teach you to become a master is like saying people can learn math from a calculator.

[@movdqa]

I guess that Hikaru isn't going to call anyone a cheater, perhaps because of the lawsuit. Haven't heard an update on that one in a while. Hope it's dismissed.

[@rondog540]

Just some bored dude trolling for their 5 minutes of infamy, unfortunately. No untitled 3000 rated player with any understanding of online chess goes into Arena Kings and blatantly cheats against Hikaru without fully expecting to be immediately banned.

[@ilevitatecs2]

Pre-let’s do the procedure

[@rgmoney14101994]

Thats not weird niemann, hikaru!!

[@jewnersey7413]

Whatsup with the jump cut? That’s some shit

[@lobsterfork]

I imagine Naka blundering so badly is such a rare occurrence that he can feel something is off. I mean, he shouldn’t feel like he’s hopelessly behind and clueless as to why.

[@WuZzY]

What a flex , he knows emery tate not andrew tate

[@NoelKerns]

Yeah, you don't even need to wait to see the ban notification; the 99.4% move accuracy for the account at 2:14 tells the whole story.

[@Mirkamolbek]

Hans got new account, very good

[@eliteteamkiller319]

Lots of examples of the Dunning-Kruger effect in the comments.

[@CasperTheGhost64]

Cheating against real players online because you need help to win is wrong. But cheating in a tournament against people who devote their lives to the game.. that's just awful.

[@tomgillman9555]

you can really see who all the cheaters are in the comments lol

[@r0ll3dd]

Hans Niemann on a smurf account 😂

[@zex_1v1lol13]

The worst part about it was that the cheater is actually a naturally 1700 rated player without cheating. He's good enough to study chess and understand what's going on..

[@Faruk651]

Yes, but he wants to be at the top. So he has to cheat to face Hikaru or other top level players.

[@ThisSentenceIsFalse]

In the age of Hans--it's blasphemy to suspect cheating ever!

[@scottekoontz]

Certainly odd if it's OTB and all attempts to pretend it's a 100% or near 100% game fail miserably. Now THAT was a problem with people jumping on a silly bandwagon.

[@MikeMcMulholland]

I wouldn't call someone a cheater without empirical evidence. This way does do wonders for people with egos though.

[@whatamiwatchng582]

How do you know that somebody cheated?

[@fredst5636]

Lol, never seen hikaru like this

[@punterpunter639]

I feel the same whenever I lose. It's just "too weird" :))))))

[@GodOfFaith]

I think hikaru should have defended his king when light squared bishop came ,it was a mistake

[@jakev1579]

Wow! Is cheating common in high ranks? Cool that Hikaru sensed it 👍 Death to faul play.

[@JeremyRobertWalker]

1/5 anonymous players are cheating. Coffee shop chess needs to come back because online play has become trash.

[@toby-rg4ti]

Not trash for me. I am the danger

[@JeremyRobertWalker]

@@toby-rg4ti Thanks captain cringe.

[@toby-rg4ti]

@@JeremyRobertWalker Im suggesting that im the one who cheats

[@JeremyRobertWalker]

@@toby-rg4ti no shit sherlock that was implied in my statement and also why you suck at chess because you can't perceive these things

[@toby-rg4ti]

@@JeremyRobertWalker i think you have anger issues. Would you like to talk about it?

[@sabotagefate69]

Ahhh the old cheater exposes cheater youtube vid

[@JohnChappell-fh5sb]

wow..powerful engine huh

[@caballus1]

*Accuracy 99.4* wtf

[@waluigi43]

When will Hikaru expose himself?

[@pawnoir]

Cette tôle mon gars…!

[@tatane79]

Question: why Hikaru is always highlighting his pieces while he plays?

[@ComFurt]

He's either showing the pieces he's defending or attacking after making a move. At the end of the game with the cheater he was highlighting the pawns that would make way more sense for a human to take, he intentionally left them undefended to see what the opponent would do.

[@tatane79]

@@ComFurt Thanks!

[@sk8foryellow168]

classic hikaru always hhaving a hissy fit when he gets outplayed by a better player. cant wait for tyler 1 to rise and humble this fool

[@ballskin]

stockfish is certainly a better player. tyler1? nah, lmao. and never will be

[@nostro1940]

In the (400 to 1200) rank is a cheating clusterfuck

[@chessnweightlifting]

I'm currently 1350 rated and I hope to one day play a simgle chess game like hikaru, so I'll post some videos on my channel of my games

[@Tonner1888]

Surely you'd try and make it a little less obvious. Sheesh.

[@vladn6031]

Let's give it up for Hans Niemann

[@waf5]

Being 99.4 accurate in a chess game with GM and not being a GM or at least an IM .. LOL

[@jpsnsn7548]

So wouldnt any GM play bishop H3 or even a 1500 ELO. Its attacking a rook which higher value and also positions a mating net threat with the queen. Whats so weird about it???

[@bima553]

not grabbing it for way too many moves, 3000 and untitled, when hikaru check recent games theres an accuracy disparity in his play that are just too inconsistent, sacking the rook inhumanely (move was too quick even gms would spend a minute or more for the calculation) not grabbing alot of undefended pawn and many more ig

[@A_CatgirI]

Ah yes a 3000 rated untitled player destroying hikaru with 99.4% accuracy in a tactical position in a 3 minute blitz match

[@mickwous2795]

Totally normal isn't it

[@GMBethHarmon]

The effortless foresight to give up that pawn on c6 in a 3 min blitz game because it leads to the mate threats is inhuman.

[@JimmyBoosterCrate]

Tal could do it

[@violentjingo7899]

@@JimmyBoosterCrate not in a blitz game.

[@JimmyBoosterCrate]

@@violentjingo7899 Tal was a beast in blitz. He could.

[@sadkritx6200]

@@JimmyBoosterCrate maybe he could, maybe he couldn't, but that's not the point of this comment....

[@bernier42]

So Hikaru resigned, lost rating points, and then his opponent’s account was closed for fair play. Does Hikaru get those rating points back?

[@t00mgoos]

ye

[@DNAisWookieUSER]

yes

[@CancerCulture.]

Wow he’s getting it back , nice to know 👍🏻

[@MrSupernova111]

I hate cheaters so much. Unfortunately, I think its only getting worse as of 2023-2024.

[@danieldanna26]

he is not a Data Scientist

[@ballskin]

thank god he's not talking about data

[@slylataupe4272]

So there are cheaters online, Kramnik not so weird after all 🧐

[@argonthesad]

Was there anyway to stop mate?

[@mathistruth9105]

f3

[@bluemystic7501]

Hans?

[@raphaelkyembe4407]

I liked how Nakamura realized that the usual punching bag was filled with rocks 😂😂😂

[@emmanuelhoule8070]

Filled with fish 😅

[@eliteteamkiller319]

@@emmanuelhoule8070 Stocked with fish?

[@m0ment219]

Streamers being afraid of calling out cheaters... this is what the world has become smh

[@Suspect333]

i don't get it

[@mubarkqardas46]

I love all the cheater apologists in these videos comment sections.. dude youre not gonna beat Hikaru without cheating as an untitled player. Lmfao. People dont get to 2800 by accident.

[@ilyazzzaytsev]

you know

[@user-gw2kf7xb1f]

moscovian plays unfair. What a surprise (no)

[@eliteteamkiller319]

Yep. I was thinking the same thing as soon as I read the name.

[@AwesomePossum1987]

2992 rank and cheating.

[@qsm01]

How can he cheat and make his moves in 1 second on the clock?

[@ballskin]

overlay

[@filyboy7]

i never really understood why chess streamers always tip toe around the word cheating. like why couldn't hikaru just say that player was probably cheating? instead he says stuff like "that was weird, that's all i'm gonna say. you guys know what that was..."

[@CancerCulture.]

Over used of weaponized law which called DEFAMATION exist in our world unfortunately

[@RoyalFlush168]

Is it a habit of his when he highlights the pawns after every move?

[@dimkilago2958]

Yeah,he highlights the structure,almost like "it feels good,yeah".Pawn structures are super super important in chess,it's theory but is also feeling.

[@TI77e]

It's like poker players playing with the Chips.

[@TQo1]

In the highest lvl of play you should make plays that seem almost not real. That happens in a lot of other games in pro play but Im very average at chess and dont understand it that well. Could someone explain to me why it was so obvious to Hikaru that his opponent cheated?

[@Meteo_sauce]

the opponent played a mating net about 6 to 8 moves long. its not possible to do that in such a short period of time even for GMs like hikaru who had been blitz world champion before

[@SnazzyTaylor]

It’s not so much the move accuracy by itself as much as the unnatural moves and an intuitive feeling of playing against a wall. The more dead giveaway is that regardless of position the opponent was taking basically the same uniform 3 seconds per turn where high level players either play faster when they know and longer when they don’t

[@williamguy88]

Because he’s been playing chess probably for longer then you have been alive. When you play something for so long, you know when something weird is happening. His opponents’ moves made absolutely zero sense by human standards. This is a top 10 chess player globally specifically mentioning how tricky the position is and his opponent is playing completely effortlessly. The account was banned for cheating. Again, noticing something is off becomes trivial when you play for so long. It’s impossible to not notice.

[@TQo1]

@@williamguy88 Holy shit I just read the first sentence and theres no way Im gonna read any further. Youre such a sad reject AHHAHAHHA

[@robertzimmermann9710]

Hm ok, maybe he really cheated but I don't get it, why this particular playing should be cheating a priori. The rook d2 decision was not too suspicious. And then there are at least two obvious problem fields for white: g2 and the hanging d4. Black has dozends of critical ideas here, has a knight and a queen that can be brought quickly into multiple action ideas and has a fully safe king at the same time. In contrast, white has a totally isolated weak queen. Yes it was impressive playing by black but I don't see too much really deep weird magic here.

[@tenningale]

0:58 When "the realization" begins. Goes from "free pawn?" -> "did I blunder something?" -> ????

[@tanja7349]

why did he keep saying it was weird? can someone explain pls

[@roblikesmusic9476]

He played against a player with 99.4 accuracy

[@vessy9927]

he's trying to say they're obviously cheating without explicitly saying it

[@roydondsa]

Its ...you know ....weird ..

[@ericvosselmans5657]

It's weird that you ask that?

[@roydondsa]

@@vessy9927 exactly else he would be suied for millions.

[@chaldeanguy8356]

A lot of idiots in the comments. You can't crush one of the greatest chess players in the world without some sort of cheat. Magnus Carlsen, the World Champion isn't able to do that to Hikaru online, and yet you 1500's claim "that's what I would play." So stupid.

[@ExecutionSommaire]

If the guy was a genius and not a cheater then he would be top player OTB

[@_.Madness._]

​@@ExecutionSommaire Maybe he has a social anxiety disorder.

[@chessmasters9012]

Hahaha I'm not sure about that. Hikaru has gotten crushed by plenty of legitimate players.

[@chaldeanguy8356]

@@chessmasters9012, could you point me to a video?

[@violentjingo7899]

@@chessmasters9012 define the word "crushed" in this context i think getting crushed is losing to 99.4% accuarcy

[@hecsalinas1971]

Being totally honest here....can someone explain to me how he thought his opponent was cheating?

[@aviralkaul2203]

It was the sequence of attacking moves which made Hikaru's pieces and his king handicapped. It is impossible for an untitled player to destroy a top GM with such attacking moves. Also it turns out that the opponent's accuracy was 99.4% which is humanely impossible while making such attacking moves. Even top GM's can't play with such accuracy.

[@MarianoFreyreX]

Hahhahahahhas Nakamura = Kramnik

[@acts2211]

Hate cheaters

[@canercelik35]

isn't he playing too fast for a cheater? Im not expert but most of cheaters always wait 5-8 sec to move cuz they are waiting engine to respond. But this guy's moves are pretty fast.

[@sravan6492]

I guess he has been doing this for a long long time and probably earns money from online chess tournaments. By the way this guy was caught by the system and banned 2 days ago

[@canercelik35]

@@sravan6492 cought by a system or caught by hikaru? If u look carefully not all of his games are 99 acc in the video. This game was pretty short and 99 acc not impossible for a gm lvl player in few moves. Anyway as i said im not expert but people judging too fast in these days.

[@zanmato3103]

Depends what depth you have it set as. Higher depth = it takes longer to calculate. The latest engines running on average to decent hardware are still stupidly strong even with only 1 or 2 seconds to calculate.

[@ibrahimneto8035]

There are overlays that show the move instantly. This thing about taking too long to move is a old view on cheating. Cheats can even make the move for you, in less than 0.5s if you want don't even need to move the mouse

[@SirShifter]

@@canercelik35 99 acc doesn't mean anything. There are moves that an engine will play that are completely different from what a gm would

[@Erendislevrai]

Despotism or truth ?

[@mariuszpudzianowski8400]

Of course he's Russian. It's always: Turkey, Vietnam or Russia.

[@rayb570]

hmmmmmmmmmmm.....idk........i didn't see it I guess its me. Never saw the cheating. Never saw anyone exposing anyone. can someone point it out in the video?

[@ragnablade5397]

When a chess streamer say "It's strange or interesting", he mean the opponent cheat

[@stephuchiha1317]

He moves really fast for a cheater tho 🙄

[@sravan6492]

He is already caught and banned 2 days ago

[@williamguy88]

He was literally banned tho 🙄 Moron. It’s even in the video. Lol lmao

[@TheProfyx]

engines are faster and faster every year.

[@Paul-dw1qs]

So sad cheating at chess

[@KINGMOON444]

The matches that the opponent played looks pretty fair. He had draws and he even lost. Just because Hikaru lost what makes this a game where the opponent cheats? Other than just paranoia?

[@STOPSHADOWBANNINGME]

are you new to chess

[@Raymund38TVM]

Bro it seems you didn't understand what you said, if hikaru opponent is not cheated bro so what did you called to he's opening? 😂 There's no opening look like that in 6 moves. 😂 Very funny and very akward and also he didn't afraid to sacrifice he's pieces just to get a good and right position to win, that's not human played bro 😂 because human is having an emotion and human scared to lose a pieces.

[@KINGMOON444]

@@Raymund38TVM psh I sacrifice my pieces all the time to be in better position. I think chess players are very prone to paranoia. You couldn’t bring this video to court and get a definitive conclusive verdict on whether or not there was cheating involved. There’s not enough evidence. I would say there’s no evidence at all other than Hikaru losing and just being upset that he lost.

[@STOPSHADOWBANNINGME]

@@KINGMOON444 are you new to chess

[@rizaldygalvez6724]

what does hikaru n magnus have in common ??? ... everytime they lose, they were cheated....

[@ballskin]

you must be new. accusations of cheating are incredibly rare. hans is a known cheater and this dude was banned for cheating. did i miss any other moronic things you said?

[@anthonyrundle2724]

If you watch there are moves that just happen without Hikarus time changing. His pawn moves forward and the black Queen goes to d5 all in 1 motion

[@williamguy88]

It’s called editing. Lmao

[@ek_films]

premoves exist

[@budka_mn]

How did he cheat

[@ballskin]

by using stockfish

[@berryesseen]

Why do people cheat very obviously? Just monitor the best moves and keep making some okay moves to keep your accuracy low. I don't understand how people get caught really.

[@javierwalcott3413]

You should not even try to cheat at the first place!!!

[@nonacesool]

thats what i do i never get caught

[@ilovejersey]

@@nonacesool You're wasting your time and your opponents' time. Maybe find a new game?

[@nonacesool]

@@ilovejersey i dont waste my time i enjoy it so much

[@isaacharton7851]

@@nonacesool epic troll is epic 💀

[@Tomhankerus]

99.4% accuracy. Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure.

[@fodiographer]

Lol i hate this board lay-out .. looks so confusing to me .. does someone feel the same?

[@Dadaadad268]

No, but don’t let that stop you from feeling like this

[@mohammadfajrulaziz]

Can someone explain to me what happened actually? How hikaru realize he was cheating?

[@alalalavaladu3670]

Engines don't follow the normal human rules of chess.

[@ahmeduchiha]

Engines don't get afraid of any positions, they just play best moves even if they look -for human eyes- ridiculous.

[@donsurlylyte]

at his level he has a spidey sense for that kind of stuff

[@VolsPride]

Let's say you're in a math competition that has many complicated equations to solve. Most people would approach the problems the same. Look for patterns, and use a transform/formula that they have learned in school to simplify the problem. After they solve it, the proctors of the exam would be able to look at their work and follow their train of thought to arrive at the solution. They most certainly cannot change the numbers into Byte data and process them the way a computer would. EVERY SINGLE competitor would solve it using a logical string of steps that only a HUMAN is capable of. Those types of problems may take 10 minutes or more to solve. The more complicated it is, the more time is required. Then there are some problems that can be done in your head, but only a VERY SMART or well-prepared student can do so. Most other students would still have to calculate it on paper, but a very smart person can see the problem and recognize in their mind that, "hey, I can use Blah Blah's Theorem to simplify this into A^2 + B^2 = C^2.... oh wait, now I can use Pythagorean's Theorem, let me put those values into a calculator and solve it right away. I got the answer!" Simply speaking, even though they can calculate it "in their head", it is still solved in a way that a "real human" would solve it. Those problems may take 30 seconds to solve. A very experienced math whiz (a "grandmaster") would be able to tell if a particular problem can be solved in 30 seconds, or if it requires much more time. And if you see some guy solving EVERY SINGLE problem in 30 seconds, even the "10 minute" ones, then you know that person is cheating without a doubt. Now, it's possible that person happened to recall some obscure equation from some paper (in this case, a previous game that the chess player analyzed), but to be able to do it over and over again, it would be statistically impossible.

[@GlobalWarmingSkeptic]

No human being can see 20+ moves ahead without decades of theory built up and studied. Engines can calculate all of that in seconds to make the weirdest moves because they know the long-term position. Engines don't follow human chess principles.