Sick_Breh t1_ir5f8mk wrote on October 5, 2022 at 1:56 PM

Reply to comment by Momentosis in WSJ: Chess Investigation Finds That U.S. Grandmaster ‘Likely Cheated’ More Than 100 Times by neighborhood-chad

So like the astros banging a trash can to signal which pitch is thrown

DragoonXNucleon t1_ir5ho1c wrote on October 5, 2022 at 2:13 PM

Classical games can last between 1 and 5 hours. Players will often "have a think" where they go and ruminate on a single move for 15 minutes because they have to calculate the move and all possibilities after it, which can include hundreds of resulting combinations.

During this time they often leave the board, walk, pace, smoke. They have to do it in approved areas without speaking to anyone, but 15m is a longtime to send a signal.

Sick_Breh t1_ir5idye wrote on October 5, 2022 at 2:18 PM

Damn lol, that is quite the amount of time. I’ve never gotten into chess so this shows some light.