• dead [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    The letter is the first statement from Magnus that has directly accused Hans of cheating in the 2022 Sinquefield Cup. All of the previous statements by Magnus have been vague references to cheating. In this letter, Magnus just outright says that he believe Hans cheated against him.

    • 4zi [he/him, comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      Which means he has to have some form of evidence then, right? Because that would be a fat lawsuit if not

      • Merkin_Muffley [they/them]
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        2 years ago

        So to steal from some redditor which put on their totally legitimate lawyer hat.

        The line of "I believe that Niemann has cheated more...." apparently won't be too much of an issue in any defamation case since Carlsen is stating it as an opinion, not as a fact.

        This apparently also gives away that Carlsen has no real proof of Niemann's over the board cheating because if he did he'd 100% be the kind of person to dare Niemann to take this to court by calling him a cheater without any of this song and dance, just so he could drag Niemann's reputation through the dirt once more but now in a high profile court case which Carlsen would also likely win if his proof was worth listening to.