Hans Niemann was caught cheating 3 years ago. And in only 1 year and 8 months he went from 2484 a 2700. How long other Super GMS took to make the same progress?
1. Alireza Firouzja: 2 years and 4 months
2. Anish Giri: 2 and 1/2 years
3. Magnus Carlsen: 3 and 1/2 years
4. Ding Liren: 3 and 1/2 years
5. Gukesh: 3 and 1/2 years
6. Fabiano Caruana: 4 years
7. Jan Duda: 4 years
8. Vincent Keymer: 4 years
9. Hikaru Nakamura: 5 and 1/2 years
10. Abdusattorov: 5 and 1/2 years
11. Ian Nepomniachtchi: 6 years
12. Daniil Dubov: 7 years
13. Vidit Gujrathi: 7 years
You might say that he cheated online and that its impossible to cheat OTB. Thats BS in my opinion. If you have enough money you can buy inside help in any tournament. Is this a proof he is cheating? No. But the fact he once cheated, has surpassed several Super GMs in such short time and fails to analyse and explain the reasons behind his own moves is enough to me to think that his progress is not natural.
1. Alireza Firouzja: 2 years and 4 months
2. Anish Giri: 2 and 1/2 years
3. Magnus Carlsen: 3 and 1/2 years
4. Ding Liren: 3 and 1/2 years
5. Gukesh: 3 and 1/2 years
6. Fabiano Caruana: 4 years
7. Jan Duda: 4 years
8. Vincent Keymer: 4 years
9. Hikaru Nakamura: 5 and 1/2 years
10. Abdusattorov: 5 and 1/2 years
11. Ian Nepomniachtchi: 6 years
12. Daniil Dubov: 7 years
13. Vidit Gujrathi: 7 years
You might say that he cheated online and that its impossible to cheat OTB. Thats BS in my opinion. If you have enough money you can buy inside help in any tournament. Is this a proof he is cheating? No. But the fact he once cheated, has surpassed several Super GMs in such short time and fails to analyse and explain the reasons behind his own moves is enough to me to think that his progress is not natural.