![]() "You know you spend your entire life looking up to someone and then you meet them and then you know my dream came true," says Niemann. This game should have been the highlight of Niemann's career. The truth may never out in this case, but the two sides are deadlocked. Even then, machine analysis shows that Niemann also made a few questionable moves that could have allowed Carlsen back in. This game wasn't a case of Niemann blowing the world champion away with perfect move after perfect move so much as Carlsen mucking up his opening and then making a straightforward blunder that gifted black the game. If you're going to call someone a cheat and put that taint on their reputation, in this writer's opinion, you should do so clearly and present your proof.įinally: Carlsen played badly. He has made an ambiguous accusation that has resulted in enormous consequences for another player, and made no further comment. This is someone who made bad decisions when they were a child being condemned for them as an adult.Ĭarlsen has arguably acted in a manner unbecoming of the chess world champion. There is the historical fact of his having cheated in the past, but this has to be placed in the context of his honesty about it and willingness to confront the accusations head-on. There is no evidence against Niemann cheating in this match, at the time of writing. Nakamura, for his part, has posted a further response, in which he goes back-and-forth on some of what Niemann said, and denies ever saying the player cheated (opens in new tab). Not all of the chess world lined up to take shots at Niemann, with a notable defender being the British grandmaster Nigel Short. But I am not afraid to tell the world that I cheated as a 12-year-old and in some random games as a 16-year-old, because I know who I am." But now has hopped on Magnus and Nakamura’s accusations." I work so hard and I have sacrificed everything for chess. "They have the best cheat detection in the world," says Niemann. Following the accusations, however, Niemann has been removed from 's Global Chess Championship, and his account on the world's largest chess site has been suspended. Niemann goes on to say "I've lived in a suitcase for two years" and trained 12 hours a day trying to prove himself. I have sacrificed everything for chess and I do everything I can to improve." I am proud of myself that I learned from that mistake and now have given everything to chess. ![]() "I have never ever in my life cheated in an over-the-board game," Niemann says above. ![]() ![]() Niemann says he remains embarrassed about these incidents but, having confessed, was determined to redeem himself with over-the-board play. Niemann addressed the controversy two days later, admitting that he had twice been banned on for cheating: once when he was 12 years old, and once when he was 16. In his video, which can be seen at the top of this article, Nakamura brought up Niemann having cheated in the past (which is true, and I'll come to it), Niemann's post-game analysis supposedly not reflecting the standard of his play, Niemann's unusual choice of opening line (and how quickly he played one key move in particular), Niemann being removed from an event series called Fight Chess due to suspicions of cheating and, bizarrely, the player's accent.Īttention from Nakamura begat more attention and, while the streamer was careful not to outright accuse Niemann of cheating, his stance on the matter seemed pretty clear: naturally, the internet wasn't so shy about throwing accusations around. Nakamura did everything but accuse Niemann of cheating. While Carlsen didn't expand on his reasons, the tweet and particularly the Mourinho clip was taken as implying foul play, and an abundance of fuel was soon poured on the fire by streamer Hikaru Nakamura-who is a chess grandmaster and probably the most famous face in the contemporary game outside of Carlsen-and a friend of the world champion. ![]()
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