Chess engines are stronger than people at playing chess because they can calculate layers deeper than humans. The highest rated human is 2856. We think the rating for the best chess engine is 3500 but it's a guess. So the accusations again Niemann are that he would occassionally change tabs to a copy of the game and use the engine moves to give himself an advantage. He doesn't need to follow it the whole game, just enough to put himself ahead of his opponent.
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Chess engines are stronger than people at playing chess because they can calculate layers deeper than humans. The highest rated human is 2856. We think the rating for the best chess engine is 3500 but it's a guess. So the accusations again Niemann are that he would occassionally change tabs to a copy of the game and use the engine moves to give himself an advantage. He doesn't need to follow it the whole game, just enough to put himself ahead of his opponent.