Recently, Chinese Go national team member Yang Dingxin Jiuduan was suspended for half a year because he suspected his teammates of cheating without evidence. Go is an ancient competitive game. Traditionally, there have been very few confirmed cases of cheating in Go. How can we prevent cheating in Go? Today, Upstream News will talk about this matter.
He was banned for questioning others about cheating without evidence
On December 21, Li Xuanhao 9th Dan defeated Korean player Shin Jin-soo 9th Dan in the semi-finals of the 14th Chunlan Cup World Professional Go Championship, and reached the finals of the World Series for the first time. On December 22, Yang Dingxin, Li Xuanhao’s teammate in the national team and Chongqing League One team, publicly questioned Li Xuanhao’s cheating in the WeChat circle of friends and launched a 20-game chess challenge to him.
Li Xuanhao has made significant progress in the past two years. He has achieved 11 wins and 1 loss in this year's Weijia League , and his rating has also risen to second place in the country, second only to Ke Jie. On December 21, he defeated South Korea's No. 1 Shin Jin-soo in the Chunlan Cup semi-finals and advanced to the World Series finals for the first time. In this game, Li Xuanhao was in good condition. After entering the middle game, about 100 moves were among the AI's top three choices, leaving Shen Zhenzhen with no chance of winning. But his teammate Yang Dingxin wrote in his circle of friends: "Xuanhao, I want to play 20 rounds of chess with you. You can't go to the toilet. There is no time limit. One game a day. All signals will be blocked in the arena. After the game is completed, the chess results will be published for everyone to judge. If everyone thinks I have wronged you, I will finish playing L G (Cup) is about to retire, do you dare to challenge?"
Subsequently, the Chinese Go Association conducted an investigation and determined that this game complied with the requirements of the Go World Series network standards, and there was no evidence that any illegal cheating occurred. The Chinese Go Association and the National Go Team will criticize, educate and punish Yang Dingxin and other involved players in accordance with relevant regulations. Yang Dingxin also realized his mistake, submitted a written review, and apologized to Li Xuanhao; except for the LG Cup finals, which he did not complete, Yang Dingxin was suspended from all personal competitions for six months; he criticized and warned other chess players involved.
Wearing a headset camera and using AI to cheat was sentenced
In 2020, the Seoul District Court in South Korea sentenced a player who cheated in an official Go game to one year in prison. Cyberoro, the second largest Go website in South Korea, disclosed the details of this cheating incident. It is understood that this is the first legal case in the history of Go using AI ( artificial intelligence ) to cheat.
On January 14, 2020, Korean Chess Academy held the 145th Go Final Tournament with 159 players participating. In the second round of the competition, player A (pseudonym) was found cheating by the referee, and electronic cheating equipment was immediately found on his body, including a miniature camera, wireless headphones, receiver, etc. The website
Cyberoro reported that on the day of the incident, player A installed a small camera and auxiliary battery in his clothes and wore a wireless headset in one ear. During the game, A secretly filmed and transmitted the situation on the chessboard to the outside world. Accomplice B watched the chess game secretly photographed by A in an Internet cafe near the competition venue, and then used the Go AI Leela Zero to conduct real-time analysis of the game, and then transmitted the analysis results of each step of Leela Zero to player A's wireless headset.
was found to be a cheating device. Image source: Internet
According to chess player A’s account, he paid accomplice B a reward, hoping that the other party would help him pass the fixed stage competition. After the cheating was discovered, the Korean Chess Academy chose to call the police. On July 15, 2020, the Seoul District Court held a hearing on this cheating incident. Judge Park Jung-gil sentenced chess player A to 1 year in prison for "improper conduct", while accomplice B was sentenced to 1 year in prison, suspended for 1 year, and required to complete 120 hours of community service.
The Korean Chess Academy issued a statement after the court's ruling: "This is a planned crime using artificial intelligence. This crime is very egregious, damaging the fairness of the game and disrupting the progress of the game."
Peeping AI chess records in online games banned for one year
In 2020, South Korea also exposed a case of a talented young chess player using AI to cheat.In November of that year, the Disciplinary Committee of the Korean Chess Academy announced that it would suspend female chess player Kim Eun-chi 2-dan for one year for violating internal regulations and ethical regulations for professional chess players (using artificial intelligence to cheat).
A 13-year-old Korean girl known as a Go genius girl is very famous. In the top 24 of the "ORO Go National Championship" held at the end of September 2020, she easily defeated South Korea's seventh-ranked male player Lee Young-gu. And the victory was very easy, using only 129 moves to win the game. This victory was difficult for many Go enthusiasts to understand. Someone specifically used artificial intelligence software to analyze Jin Eunchi 's chess play that day and found that the coincidence rate reached 92%. Kim Eun-chi in the
competition. Image source: Internet
13-year-old Kim Eun-chi is known as the "genius girl" of Korean Go and the "next Choi Jing ". She won the 2018 Samsung Cup "Star of Hope" selection competition and the 43rd "Halim Cup" women's amateur national championship. She also defeated professional players Park Tae-hee and Kim Kyung-eun in the women's national championship to enter this tournament. In January this year, Kim Eun-chi became the youngest active professional chess player in South Korea at the age of 12 years and 8 months. But this talented chess player went astray. In September this year, when she participated in the top 24 online competition of the "ORO National Players Battle", she was found to have illegally used artificial intelligence to cheat. The accusation was submitted to the Korean Chess Academy Disciplinary Committee. After
received relevant accusations, the Korean Chess Academy commissioned artificial intelligence experts to interpret the chess record of the game. At the same time, the Chess Academy and the national team coaching staff approached Jin Eunchi for an interview. She partially admitted to her cheating. After this incident was exposed, Kim Eun-chi wrote in a publicly released "Letter of Apology": During the competition, I couldn't help myself and looked at the (AI) reference picture. I really wanted to win so much that I made a wrong choice at that moment. I regret it, I'm sorry.
The Disciplinary Committee of the Korean Chess Academy finally suspended Kim Eun-chi for one year on November 20, 2020. Regarding this decision, the Disciplinary Committee stated: "Kim Eun-chi is a minor at 2nd Dan. She has admitted her mistakes and is reflecting on her mistakes. Taking this into account, certain adjustments have been made to the standards of this punishment." Kim Eun-chi's suspension will be calculated from the date she received the penalty notice, during which she will be banned from participating in all Go competitions.
Since Kim Eun-chi is underage, her mother, who is her guardian, attended the meeting on her behalf. She said: "I have nothing to say except sorry. I usually only focus on raising my children and fail to observe and guide her behavior. I will use this incident as an opportunity to re-think the education of my children." Korean national team coach Mu Jinsuk also said: "As a player, I should guide them. "As a coach, I failed to teach correctly, and I feel deeply guilty about this and apologize to the chess fans who were worried about this incident." Yang Jae-ho, president of the Korean Chess Academy, told a reporter from China CCTV: Through this incident, I have deeply reflected. Because the players are still minors, we adults have a greater responsibility and the Korean Chess Academy has a greater responsibility.
The anti-cheating camera should always be directed at the chess players. Image source: Internet
Extended reading
Anti-cheating cameras are widely used
Since Go is a changeable and high-IQ game, it is easy to have a brilliant idea in the game, and it only takes one or two moves to change the situation of the game. In the history of Go, it is difficult to cheat, but it is also difficult to obtain evidence of cheating. Handing a small note, going to the bathroom together, having a private conversation at lunch, or even sometimes a cough may cause a player to change his mind. Traditionally, cheating in chess is difficult to detect. In regular Go games before the emergence of AI, no one was allowed to watch or make noise around the players. This was only the most basic method to prevent cheating. In addition, there were some other measures.
Chess players eat and live together, closed management
In Japan, there are many competitions such as the Chess Holy War among Japan's Seven Major Chess Tournaments, Celebrity War , and the Honinbo Challenge. They are all two-day games, that is, the game spans two days, with a lot of "free" time periods in between such as eating, going to the toilet, and resting at night.It should be easy to cheat, but Japan's two-day competition has a long history and has a complete set of preventive measures, that is, closed management, where both parties eat, live and play chess together.
The one-day competition system cancels the lunch time
In order to prevent chess players from using lunch time to talk privately, the Samsung Cup and LG Cup hosted by South Korea were the first to cancel the right of chess players to eat at noon. This practice is now common in world competitions.
Install cameras in online competitions
It is understood that after the "Kim Eun-chi incident", the Korean Chess Academy has strengthened the punishment of such incidents. In the future, violators may face a three-year ban or even expulsion. When holding online competitions, cameras are installed in front of and behind the players to ensure a fair competition environment. South Korea will also develop a detection program to monitor whether chess players use artificial intelligence during the game. The Korean Chess Academy will also strengthen the education of Go players. In addition, the Korean Chess Academy also hopes to work with China and Japan to formulate preventive measures to combat cheating in the competition.
The camera must always follow the chess players.
The relevant competition regulations of China, Japan and South Korea do not allow chess players to bring their mobile phones to the venue. Players must either turn in their cell phones before the game or stay in their rooms. According to the situation, large competitions will be equipped with security gates , and small competitions will be equipped with dedicated handheld metal detectors . Players enter the arena and go to the restroom, and there are scanning requirements for going back and forth. For example, in the Nongshim Cup Three-Nation Go Tournament, cameras have to track the players all the way. When the chess players went to the toilet, the camera had to follow them to the toilet and film all the way. The players once protested against the invasion of privacy. Chess players also have to go through security checks before returning to their seats. In the online competition between China, Japan and South Korea, supervisors will be sent to each other and live video will be taken. The supervisors will be able to provide inquiries throughout the whole process.
Upstream news is compiled according to Beijing Youth Daily, Red Star News, Xinmin Evening News, CCTV News and other comprehensive
editors. Yang Bo
editor in charge, Wang Rong
reviewer, Feng Fei
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