Ivanov speaks out!

Maybe you should look up the definition of the word slander.

These three points are completely irrelevant to the question of whether or not Ivanov cheated. 

These points are logical fallacies. They are excellent examples of non-sequiturs.

Of course, they are totally irrelevant, because in your lynching mob mind Ivanov is guilty no matter what. So why waste time to write this message? In any case you wouldn't care to know the facts.

And the facts here are crystal clear.

FIDE doesn't consider Ivanov a cheater, neither the Bulgarian federation, otherwise why would they let him play in a tournament?

Why the other players would play Ivanov knowing they would lose, if he is a cheater?

In the real world, not the one of the 5 yo writing in chess.com, the player would be suspended pending investigation, and not let him play and damage other players.

Here from Merriam-Webster:

: a false and defamatory oral statement about a person

As you can see Scottrf made a false statement about me, since I NEVER wrote to anyone that he/she is stupid because they cannot solve a TT position. Scottrf did lie because he wanted to damage my credibility in this thread. Is it enough clear for you now?

I highlighted it for you. Slander is oral. 

Non-sequitur. It does not follow that the lack of a formal investigation means Ivanov did not cheat. 

He claims that nobody answered the questions, but I did on the last page.

Rusconi, answer this question:

1. Just because FIDE has not banned Ivanov yet, does that mean he didn't cheat?

Hey, maybe people wanted him to play in another tournament to see that his performance rating would be 800 points lower than the previous one. ;) That's normal, right?

Rusconi,

It isn't in FIDE's interest to prove that Ivanov was cheating because that begs the question of how many others are doing the same thing in a more subtle way. Ivanov brought attention upon himself by simply blowing away players who outrate him by 300-400 points, something he had never done before or since. He has been flatlining at the 2250 - 2300 level FOR THREE YEARS, this is not some 16 year old junior making a Fischer like leap but a 25 year old who has never shown even IM level form in the last decade.

Now all this is circumstantial, which is your point, but if we can agree that the evidence is at least suspicious then this is enough to put off players from taking part in events where they cannot be sure that one or more of the other competitors is cheating. This is why FIDE should be trying to get to the bottom of the whole business, they already banned mobile phones after 'The Feller Affair' but if there really are ways to hide miniature transmitters on a chess players person then some kind of scanning procedure may also be necessary.

Thanks for pointing that out. I fixed it.

From your beloved wikipedia:

Slander

The common law origins of defamation lie in the torts of "slander" (harmful statement in a transitory form, especially speech), each of which gives a common law right of action.

"Defamation" is the general term used internationally, and is used in this article where it is not necessary to distinguish between "slander" and "libel". Libel and slander both require publication.^[9]The fundamental distinction between libel and slander lies solely in the form in which the defamatory matter is published. If the offending material is published in some fleeting form, as by spoken words or sounds, sign language, gestures and the like, then this is slander.

[edit]Libel

Libel is defined as defamation by written or printed words, pictures, or in any form other than by spoken words or gestures.^[10] The law of libel originated in the 17th century in England. With the growth of publication came the growth of libel and development of the tort of libel.^[11]

I didn't realize knowing what a non-sequitur was, or how to spell it, supposedly shows off intelligence.  He's simply calling out the moronic arguments that guy was making, that even a child could see are bias and illogical.  If that's showing off intelligence...

[edit] in the time it took me to type this his account was disabled heh.

And he misspelled non sequitur as well. No hyphen, moron.

Well if spelling = intelligence then I'm in big trouble.

The fact that I can dress and feed myself though seems to indicate there's more to intelligence than spelling (thankfully)

Great I will use libel next time, but if you are so precise with words, why then not use the same standard that would be applied in a court of law? Because the case presented here is totally ridicolous.

Oh, man, if dressing and feeding yourself = intelligence then I'm in big trouble....

If the fool is going to give a walking lesson he really shouldn't be tripping over his own feet and tumbling into the ditch.

I wonder if Ivanov will make any further statements.

I would think that people will be asking him questions since his play has declined since his last tournament.

So you're that half dressed hungry man I've seen at tournaments...

"I beat Houdini ten times in a row" - LOL, the cheat can't even beat a 2000 player.

rusconi, can you please give an example of what evidence would convince you that Ivanov cheated?