Hans Niemann

Magnus Carlsen resigned after his opening move in an online match against Hans Niemann, reigniting the controversy between the two players.

He will play the tournament, but he is saying ‘I will not play the game against him’. “Did that just happen?” He announced his decision in a tweet, alongside a video of the football manager José Mourinho saying: “If I speak, I am in big trouble.”

The Niemann-Carlsen game at the Julius Baer Generation Cup was the most anticipated one after the recent chess cheating scandal, but the World Champion ...

I don’t know if he can continue the tournament if he leaves it on this note. IM Houska said: “Actually, I think he needs to do more than just a statement in fact. It’s the most unsportsmanlike you can do in a competitive sport”

Carlsen had turned heads earlier this month after he quit the $500000 Sinquefield Cup following a defeat against Niemann.

No evidence of cheating has come out ever since Carlsen’s withdrawal, but chess.com, the world’s leading platform, banned Niemann following the controversy. Is anyone going to take accountability for the damage they’ve done? He also came out on social media to publically address Nakamura.

Playing online against Niemann, Carlsen went offline immediately after quitting as stunned commentators struggled to come to terms with what had just ...

Carlsen resigning on Monday is also an indicator that the scandal is likely going to rage for a long time. The next day Carlsen withdrew from the Sinquefield Cup tournament and posted a tweet along with a cryptic YouTube video of football manager Jose Mourinho, where the Portuguese famously says, "I prefer really not to speak. - The 19-year-old has been accused by online chess fans of using anal beads to cheat in games. Singh had floated the PLC last year after quitting the... World champion Magnus Carlsen shocked the world of chess on Monday by forfeiting after only one move against American GM Hans Niemann at the Julius Baer Generation Cup. The defeat, 15 days ago, had brought Carlsen's 53-game unbeaten streak in classical over-the-board tournaments to a halt. - The American grandmaster Niemann beat Carlsen at the Sinquefield Cup on September 4. However, Niemann has admitted in the past to have cheated at least on two occasions by using the help of computers in online games. The 19-year-old American has been accused by the online chess fans community of using anal beads to cheat in games, although no one has been able to provide any proof to substantiate these allegations. - Niemann has admitted in the past to have cheated at least on two occasions by using the help of computers in online games. [In pics: From diplomatic to official, details of different Indian passports as per their colour](/photogallery/knowledge-images/in-pics-from-diplomatic-to-official-details-of-different-indian-passports-as-per-their-colour-196824#debate-in-article) The Norwegian was on top of the leader board after Day 1, having racked up 10 out of a possible 12 points, thanks to three victories and a draw on Sunday.

World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen was supposed to play Hans Niemann, a 19-year old he previously implied was a cheater, in the Champions Chess Tour 2022 ...

Rather than bailing out of an event sponsored by a third party, Carlsen effectively invited his apparent nemesis to his virtual home and then walked out the back. Carlsen, the five-time world chess champion, resigned the tournament in a huff with no explanation outside of a cryptic tweet that included a José Mourinho quote about getting in trouble if he were to say anything further. However, he’s still welcome on Chess24.com, where the current tournament is hosted, and no other evidence of any cheating on his part has been discovered so far. With nothing concrete from Carlsen, the chess world willed a meme into being about Instead, he resigned after making just one move, reigniting the embers of a scandal that’s consumed the chess world this month. [World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen](https://kotaku.com/magnus-carlsen-world-chess-championship-2023-1849199392) was supposed to play Hans Niemann, a 19-year old he previously implied was a cheater, in the Champions Chess Tour 2022 today.

This morning's game at the Champions Chess Tour: Julius Baer Generation Cup, was the first meeting between the two players since a cheating scandal erupted ...

I’ve always enjoyed playing in the [Saint Louis Chess Club], and hope to be back in the future.” No one can be happy that this is happening in the chess world. He will play the tournament, but he is saying I will not play the game against him. Jamaican-American grandmaster Maurice Ashley wrote on Twitter: “This is shocking and disturbing. “Twitter is exploding right now.” “What to say, what to say?

Chess's cheating saga continues: “This is unprecedented. Magnus is refusing to play against Hans!"

“Twitter is exploding right now.” “The internet is exploding right now,” Sachdev said. “What to say, what to say? “What?” Tania Sachdev, the other announcer, said. “No. Switched off his camera, and that’s all we know right now.”

Magnus Carlsen resigned from his online chess match against Hans Niemann on Monday further escalating their feud as the latter faces accusations of ...

1 PLAYER IN TOURNAMENT](https://www.foxnews.com/sports/unsavory-allegations-rock-chess-world-american-teen-shocks-no-1-player-tournament) [Tesla CEO Elon Musk](https://www.chessdom.com/elon-musk-comments-on-accusations-towards-hans-niemann-tweetoftheday/) even added to the controversy with a tweet of his own, suggesting something was in Niemann’s butt during the match. [chess grandmaster resigned](https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/game-chess-teaches-kids-problem-patience-creativity) from their online match. That is the worst thing I could do: cheat in a tournament with prize money," he said, via KSDK-TV. After Niemann made his second move with the white pieces, Carlsen resigned. Got up and left," said Tania Schdev, a chess grandmaster and Chess24 broadcaster.

Magnus Carlsen stunned the chess world this morning by resigning in protest after just one move against Hans Niemann.

I’ve always enjoyed playing in the [Saint Louis Chess Club], and hope to be back in the future.” No one can be happy that this is happening in the chess world. He will play the tournament, but he is saying I will not play the game against him. Jamaican-American grandmaster Maurice Ashley wrote on Twitter: “This is shocking and disturbing. “Twitter is exploding right now.” “What to say, what to say?

On the second day of the Julius Baer Generation Cup, GM Magnus Carlsen sent waves through the chess world by playing only one move vs.

The top eight players advance to the knockout phase which consists of two days of four-game rapid matches, which advance to blitz (5 The preliminary phase is a 16-player rapid (15 The 17-year-old Indian player, who has beaten the world champion more than once online, sacrificed an exchange as early as move seven and was close to winning before the game eventually ended in a draw. Carlsen, who had drawn his first game of the day with GM Article 9 "Players' Conduct" has 9.1 "The players shall take no action that will bring the game of chess into disrepute..." [Anish Giri](https://www.chess.com/players/anish-giri) said about Carlsen's refusal to play with Niemann: "It looks like he's clearly insinuating something but until you catch someone you cannot do anything. Louis and called his colleagues "paranoid," gave a rather different comment this time in the official broadcast: "I understand the frustration of Magnus. [here](https://www.chess.com/events/2022-champions-chess-tour-julius-baer-generation-cup-prelims/games). [Magnus Carlsen](https://www.chess.com/players/magnus-carlsen) sent waves through the chess world by playing only one move vs. [Arjun Erigaisi](https://www.chess.com/players/arjun-erigaisi) leads the event with 17 points, followed by GM [Praggnanandhaa R.](https://www.chess.com/players/praggnanandhaa-rameshbabu) tied with Carlsen on 15 points. No one can be happy that this is happening in the chess world. While some pointed out that he was affecting other players in the tournament by giving his opponent a free point, others demanded that Carlsen finally comes with a statement.

Magnus Carlsen's abrupt departure from a much-anticipated match against Hans Niemann was understood to be another act of protest against the 19-year-old ...

[interview](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJZuT-_kij0) with grandmaster Alejandro Ramirez that was shared online by the Saint Louis Chess Club, which hosted the Sinquefield Cup, Niemann said his cheating on [Chess.com](http://chess.com/) occurred when he was 12 — “I was just a child” — and 16. We will always try to protect the integrity of the game that we all love.” [Chess.com](http://Chess.com),” Nakamura [said](https://twitter.com/FideOnlineArena/status/1567102606215897088). We want nothing more than to see the best chess players in the world succeed in the greatest events. … I was confronted, I confessed, and this is the single biggest mistake of my life and I’m completely ashamed.” “We have invited Hans to provide an explanation and response with the hope of finding a resolution where Hans can again participate on Chess.com. Louis tournament, subsequently admitted to having cheated several years before on [Chess.com](http://chess.com/). What’s with the timing?” Adding to the massive level of upset was that Carlsen was on a 53-match unbeaten streak in over-the-board tournaments and held a significant rating advantage over Niemann. What sent the chess world into a tizzy, however, was that Carlsen appended to his tweet a video clip of famed soccer manager José Mourinho saying in 2021: “I prefer really not to speak. Speculation that Niemann was cheating only increased after Hikaru Nakamura, a 34-year-old American grandmaster who has a massive following for his [Twitch](https://www.twitch.tv/gmhikaru) streams, offered his take shortly after Carlsen’s withdrawal. Carlsen, 31, was leading the tournament in the early going at the time.

The much anticipated Magnus Carlsen v Hans Niemann rematch on Monday evening ended abruptly when Norway's world champion resigned after making just one ...

The format of the Julius Baer Generation Cup is an all-play-all of 16 from Monday to Thursday, followed by a knock-out among the top eight from Friday to Sunday. It is believed that Carlsen chose to make a single move rather than none at all so as to technically fulfil his contract with the organisers. There Carlsen was outplayed, suffered a rare defeat as White, withdrew from the tournament, then issued a tweet with a cryptic reference which was considered a veiled suggestion of cheating by the 19-year-old American, whose form has surged in the past two years.