KRAMNIK: "I apologize, but I don't see any other way"

Chess with Mustreader

In this podcast episode with Vladimir Kramnik, we discuss his anti-cheating activism and the controversy around it. Has Kramnik gone too far in his fight? Are his methods correct? Does he agree that he has done some wrong things? Watch our full discussion to find out! At the end, we've played a chess game that Mr. Kramnik called "very interesting".

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00:00 — What I think about Kramnik

2:50 — Start of the discussion

3:52 — Results achieved in fighting cheating

8:35 — What did Kramnik do wrong?

16:42 — Kramnik's ban on ChessCom

36:19 — An unusual theory about ChessCom

44:00 — How to detect a cheater

59:35 — ChessCom is afraid to ban people?

1:03:35 — Will statistics expose cheaters?

1:07:52 — Why suspect Hikaru?

1:15:32 — Why not Magnus?

1:23:40 — Public debate: ChessCom vs Kramnik

1:25:00 — Kramnik on refuting his statistics

1:30:50 — Could Kramnik be wrong?

1:38:40 — Which experts help Kramnik?

1:41:34 — Kramnik is Niemann's coach?

1:46:02 — Is Kramnik biased?

1:49:55 — What top GMs tell Kramnik

1:52:16 — ChessCom and top GMs

1:54:47 — Kramnik's role in exposing cheaters

1:57:20 — Match with Jospem

2:05:17 — We play an INTERESTING blitz game

2:12:55 — Kramnik's analysis of the game

2:14:32 — Farewell
My name is Greg Mustreader, I am a Candidate Master in chess, an entrepreneur and host of several podcasts.

In this podcast, I interview top chess players (my guests include Nepo, Fabi, Kramnik, Aronian, Naroditsky and many others), play against chess AIs, analyze the most interesting chess games and combinations of today and of the past, as well as show you my path in chess and the way I work on my chess improvement (including recaps from the tournaments I play).

I live in Almaty, Kazakhstan and travel the world extensively (been to 50 countries). I'm 30 years old, I have a girlfriend, two dogs and three cats. I speak English, Russian, German, and a bit of French and Chinese.

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