Vladimir Kramnik

14th World Champion

“Maybe it’s time for FIDE to invest a bit in efficient anti-cheating equipment. Fischer Random thing did. Although, these costs could have been avoided.

I spoke about this already in Budapest, seeing old equipment, nothing changed since… Even during the 2016 Baku Olympiad, I was checked once after a game — it seemed more serious then.

I hope this is just some PR video, but I doubt it.

I mean, they’re using an old $1,000 device — an n4 instead of an n5, 6, 7, and even the available n9. Great job, gentlemen! I can imagine the gap in effectiveness: $1,000 versus $15,000.

Affordable, isn’t it? When so many rules exist in this respect. Watches, pens, etc. are prohibited for players. Lots of checkups before and after games. In Baku, they even selectively carried out checks during the games.

Overall, current equipment is already better than it was before, but it’s still ‘economy class travel’.”