@ArtofDefeat said in #58:
> Sure. I believe the definition of analog watch is just a watch that displays the time via hands on a clock face. I'm not even sure the hands have to be mechanical -- some definitions say it just like I did here. So to the extent the definition includes my apple watch which I like to have display a digital clock face, yeah thats incredibly dumb -- one thing has nothing to do with another. BUT I take it the watch here probably had physical pieces for clock hands. How many of those watches would actually allow cheating? None that I know of, but maybe there is one out there. Is there a gshock that would allow that?
if it has an electronic display, like an LCD, it has a digital circuit. the display might emulate an analogue watch face, but the display is controlled by a digital circuit. My take is it's a digital watch that emulates an analogue watch.
since anyone can buy an analogue watch for $50, remove the works and put the internals of a butt plug in it, the discussion about what's analogue and digital while interesting to me, isn't too important in the context of cheating in chess.
> In any event, the thing that pisses me off about Magnus is that he is not actually claiming that the watch allowed cheating. He likely knows the watch probably does not actually allow that. Nonetheless, he is at least implying it could potentially allow cheating, effectively dragging his opponent into a media mess and taking away from his accomplishment. At the very least, extremely poor word choices in what he said.
I agree. I think bringing it up in private to an arbiter was correct, broadcasting it publicly hours after losing was wrong.
I'm speculating carlsen might think he's a big deal and others should do whatever he wants. so when carlsen brought it up to the arbiter and the arbiter didn't do what he wanted, he got angry.
the last time carlsen threw his toys out of his cot in a tanty,
chess.com bent over backwards to give carlsen what he wanted. that didn't turn out well for
chess.com. Although carlsen and
chess.com's actions did coin a new chess term, saying things like using the internals of a butt plug makes sense to chess people, so there's that.
