“I think cheating is an enormous problem for online chess,” Caruana said. 1 Magnus Carlsen, who defended his title against Caruana at the 2018 World Chess Championship in London, even launched his own online chess tour—the Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour—with a combined $1 million in total purse making it the richest in online chess. At some point, things will normalize and we’ll go back to a balance of over-the-board events and online events. In traditional chess tournaments, games are played in a best-of-12 format, with one point awarded per win and ½ point per draw. That’s an opportunity for chess and they’re taking advantage of it.”Embracing onlineWhile Carlsen is the face of his new self-named online chess tour, the Norwegian has ventured into the online realm in the past, albeit under an alias.

Source: Forbes May 26, 2020 12:00 UTC