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A conspiracy theory about a player using vibrating anal beads to cheat has rocked the world of professional chess players for weeks — but the serious allegations are just as eyebrow-raising.
Online, the drama generated slews of “what-if” theories, as chess players and fans debated whether and how it might be possible for a player to cheat during in-person — or “over-the-board” — games. Some discussed a . But a next-level — and hopefully, purely hypothetical — idea got the most attention: anal beads that could vibrate via remote command to guide a player’s moves.
