World champion Magnus Carlsen abruptly resigned after making a single move in his highly anticipated rematch with Hans Niemann. Calls have increased for an investigation.
Niemann has admitted to cheating on Chess.com as a child (which wasn’t that long ago, given that he’s now only 19). Over the past few weeks, as a result of Carlsen’s behaviour, his play in the past two years has came under extensive scrutiny, and no evidence has been found he’s cheated since coming of age either online or over the board.
There is no "coming of age" thing when it comes to chess. We have the current youngest GM is just over 12, they are kids and as good as the adults.
Second you forgot to mention the Chess.com statement which pretty much decisively proved not only he cheated but he lied on his little confession interview. He not only cheated but he cheated A LOT.
Hans was a kid yes technically, but also an International Master(IM) which is the second highest Fide title. In fact some of his suspected OTB cheating may have happened when he was getting his GM norms.
Basically the guy was already not only a pro, but like on the top 5% or even 1% of the world chess player population.
The problem here is that cheating in chess is such a novelty when as I said multiple times in many other e-sports he would have already been banned and this wouldn't be a news story. This isn't a random use an engine once out of curiosity but a pretty consistent pattern of behavior while he was growing up and already a pro.
This person has no business being a professional in any sport period.
Absolutely nobody should be stanning for this idiot honestly.
The solution moving forward is complete integration between online and OTB chess to stop this from happening in the future.
The solution moving forward is complete integration between online and OTB chess to stop this from happening in the future.
That is the TL;DR. It is quite stupid that someone can cheat online for years and then FIDE pretends it doesn't matter because otb is different, in a rational system he wouldn't even be allowed to be a pro in the first place.
Whether he cheated otb against Magnus is irrelevant at this point, and yes he probably didn't.
There is no "coming of age" thing when it comes to chess. We have the current youngest GM is just over 12, they are kids and as good as the adults.
Second you forgot to mention the Chess.com statement which pretty much decisively proved not only he cheated but he lied on his little confession interview. He not only cheated but he cheated A LOT.
Hans was a kid yes technically, but also an International Master(IM) which is the second highest Fide title. In fact some of his suspected OTB cheating may have happened when he was getting his GM norms.
Basically the guy was already not only a pro, but like on the top 5% or even 1% of the world chess player population. The problem here is that cheating in chess is such a novelty when as I said multiple times in many other e-sports he would have already been banned and this wouldn't be a news story. This isn't a random use an engine once out of curiosity but a pretty consistent pattern of behavior while he was growing up and already a pro.
This person has no business being a professional in any sport period.
Absolutely nobody should be stanning for this idiot honestly. The solution moving forward is complete integration between online and OTB chess to stop this from happening in the future.
lmao carlsen fans reeling
That is the TL;DR. It is quite stupid that someone can cheat online for years and then FIDE pretends it doesn't matter because otb is different, in a rational system he wouldn't even be allowed to be a pro in the first place.
Whether he cheated otb against Magnus is irrelevant at this point, and yes he probably didn't.