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Carlo Metta was officially exonerated.
The appeal decision reversed the penalty for lack of proof, but it did not officially clear Metta of wrongdoing.
Full reasoning
The official appeal ruling does not say Carlo Metta was innocent or “exonerated.” Instead, the Appeals Commission wrote that the league manager’s analysis supported the cheating claim and that the original decision was made in good faith, but that with the tools available it was not proven “without a reasonable doubt” that Metta broke the rules, so the decision should be reversed.
That is a reversal based on insufficient proof, not an official declaration of innocence. Calling this an “official exoneration” overstates what the commission actually decided.
2 sources
- Pandanet: European Team Go Champs - DECISION ON THE ITALIAN APPEAL
The analysis performed by the league manager also supported the claim that the accused player used Leela... Thus, we do not think that it was proven without a reasonable doubt that Carlo Metta broke any rules and the decision made by the league manager should be reversed.
- Pandanet: European Team Go Champs
Decision: case of using computer assistance in League A ... Edit: The appeals committee has reversed the decision on 18th May 2018.
That same year, the Italian team was relegated to a lower league where no-one powerful in European Go politics cares to look anyway.
Italy was not relegated after the 2017/2018 season: the official 2018/2019 PGETC lineup and standings place Italy in League A, the top division.
Full reasoning
The official PGETC records for the 2018/2019 season place Italy in League A, not in a lower division.
- The tournament’s September 2018 opening announcement lists League A as including Italy.
- The official 2018/2019 League A table also shows Italy competing there throughout the season.
So the article’s statement that Italy had already been relegated to a lower league “that same year” is contradicted by the tournament’s own published records.
2 sources
- Pandanet: European Team Go Champs
The 9th Pandanet Go European Team Championship ... League A: Russia, France, Ukraine, Poland, Romania, Czechia, Israel, Hungary, Italy and Germany.
- Pandanet: European Team Go Champs
Pandanet Go European Team Championship 2018/2019 — League A 2018/2019 ... 10 Italy 9 11 ...
Metta went on a 9-0 streak against opponents matching his OTB level in the 2018/2019 season
Official PGETC results show Metta lost at least one 2018/2019 game, so he did not go 9–0 that season.
Full reasoning
The official 2018/2019 PGETC Round 7 results record a loss by Carlo Metta:
- Hungary vs. Italy, 12 March 2019
- Dominik Bővíz vs. Carlo Metta — W+Resign
Because Metta is recorded as losing that game, he cannot have had a 9–0 record for the 2018/2019 season.
2 sources
- Pandanet: European Team Go Champs
Hungary vs. Italy 3 - 1 ... Dominik Bővíz (BovDo) 6 dan Carlo Metta (PaxDeorum) 4 dan W+Resign
- Pandanet: European Team Go Champs
League A 2018/2019 ... Round 7 - Tuesday 12 March 2019 ... Hungary vs. Italy 3 - 1