GothamChess discusses what consequences chess cheaters should face

They should get 10 min in the chimp closet

Public apology video, then a sponsored comeback video.

make them wear deodorant

just go 10 years, no bail.

Ban a chess cheater for life. One engine erases a career of trust and the game is small enough to notice.

gotham has seen enough cheating drama to write the rulebook himself

A tournament ban should follow the person, not just the account.

banwave queued for next patch

imagine caring this much about people moving plastic pieces on a board like just ban them and move on already lol

gotham always keeps it real about cheaters

People out here literally hiding vibrating devices in their shoes just to cheat at a board game, the full lifetime ban is completely deserved 💀"

the hard part is proof. online you can flag someone because their moves match an engine at a weird rate, but over the board you have to actually catch the device or the signal. same cheating, totally different evidence problem, so the punishments end up uneven

Jail shouldn’t be the starting point. Cheating in an online match calls for account penalties while cheating in a serious tournament can warrant disqualification and forfeited winnings. Criminal charges should depend on evidence of actual fraud not simply breaking the rules of chess.

They should have to listen to GothamChess nonstop for a year.

Chess cheaters get consequences and my bags still get participation trophies every open bro

What I'm hearing is name and shame is the only thing that would work.

en passant straight to jail. holy hell.

Its basically theft of the prize money right? Yeah they should be jailed for theft.