[sudhirj]

Ah, thanks. Yeah, makes sense. I still don't get how everyone jumped to the conclusion that he was cheating before, though. Is there something so utterly impossible about the situation that make it obvious? Do grandmasters never lose games to non-GM players even when playing multiple people for fun?

[tylerhou]

Anand isn't a regular-ol GM; Anand is a former world champion. These super-GMs spend thousands and thousands of hours studying the game. Generally super-GMs don't lose to anyone except other GMs in classical time formats.

If a super-GM does lose, then it's probably because they blundered. That's not what happened — Anand played well, but Kamath played basically a perfect game with an accuracy of 99%. There are a handful of people on the planet who can do that consistently in classical, and they are all rated 2700+.

[bspammer]

> Do grandmasters never lose games to non-GM players even when playing multiple people for fun?

Pretty much, yeah. Especially when they don’t make any big mistakes, as was the case here.