Anti-cheating measures implemented at the European Chess Club Cup

In view of the ongoing Carlsen – Niemann story and the general tension created around the problem of cheating, the organizers of the European Chess Club Cup have implemented anti-cheating measures. There will be a 15 min delay on games transmission and cameras broadcast on all boards in the venue.

The 15 minutes anti-cheating delay may come handy in view of a possible explosive match-up in the next rounds – Magnus Carlsen vs Sebastien Feller. To this day, Sebastien Feller is the highest rated chess player to be caught cheating. He is now playing on board 1 for his team CE Le Cavalier Differdange and may be paired against Offerspill’s Chess Club top board Magnus Carlsen is later rounds.

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1st round of European Chess Club Cup is on progress. There will be daily a 15 min delay on games and venues cameras according to ECU tournament rules. Watch live: https://t.co/JKxYExwIvG pic.twitter.com/0i0lqoHkAF

— European Chess Union (@ECUonline) October 3, 2022

just a few boards between the Pairing of Maximum Chaos pic.twitter.com/411qXyBfMC

— MrDodgy unleashed (@ChessProblem) October 3, 2022

I'm 3 years older than Sébastien. He joined my club when he was 9. In September I was crushing him. By January we were at the same level. By June he was crushing me.

He was a huge talent and worked very hard. But he later had a mentor who was a cheater… The rest is history. https://t.co/t2PmG00rR6

— Yosha Iglesias (@IglesiasYosha) October 3, 2022