PUNE: Magnus Carlsen‘s explanation why he feels that Hans Niemann cheats: “uncommon” progress in over-the-board chess, the 19-year-old world No. 49 American “wasn’t tense or concentrating on the sport at essential factors” throughout his classical win over the Norwegian earlier this month.
Carlsen’s assertion on twitter on Monday night time places a highlight on his two different beliefs: “that Niemann cheated extra (than what he has confessed) and extra just lately”, and solely a handful of gamers can outplay him with black items the best way Niemann did at St Louis.
My assertion relating to the previous couple of weeks. https://t.co/KY34DbcjLo
— Magnus Carlsen (@MagnusCarlsen) 1664220901000
It is over to Niemann now to reply. If he sues the world champion, will probably be a long-drawn battle. And if he assaults Carlsen verbally, there will likely be mud thrown at one another by varied highly effective events together with on-line leaks and personal knowledge.
Plus, {the teenager} wants invites to personal tournaments to maintain his profession financially sustainable. The world No. 1 additionally is aware of that he’s strolling on skinny ice. Therefore he said: “Hope that the reality of the matter comes out no matter that could be.”
The assertion, expectedly, is stuffed with zugzwang. Carlsen says he would not wish to play in opposition to gamers who cheated repeatedly “and do not know what they’re able to doing sooner or later”. He particularly states he isn’t prepared to play in opposition to Niemann. And on the identical time, he says “with out specific permission of Niemann”, there’s a restrict to what he can say.
The Carlsen-induced dishonest saga additionally places the highlight on the parallel energy centres (on-line platforms). The world champion’s over-confidence and his one-sided inferences are additionally obvious.
Niemann growing high-quality endgame expertise in the course of the pandemic break and beating Carlsen in St Louis based mostly on his preparation (therefore not needing nice focus) cannot be dominated out.
Carlsen has been accused of attempting to clip the wings of a younger participant along with his unsubstantiated allegations and thereby eliminating a risk. Nonetheless, Carlsen himself has vacated the throne by opting out of the World Championship match. Plus his equation and behavior with gamers like Ding Liren, Alireza Firouzja, Erigaisi Arjun and R Praagnanadnhaa has been fairly good. And he was on good phrases with Niemann too earlier than one thing went improper.
Carlsen appreciates Iranian turned French GM Alireza Firouza a lot that he had mentioned if the teenager qualifies for the World title match, he could rethink his ideas of forfeiting the crown. For the Norwegian, there may be nothing suspicious about Firouzja including 175 factors in simply 22 months and from 227 video games. However Niemann’s related progress in 20 months is startling. In fact, the massive query is how did the American handle to play about 350 over-the-board classical video games in that part.
Carlsen isn’t wanting followers and plenty of have rallied behind him, together with premier Indian coach RB Ramesh who trains R Praggnanandhaa. Ramesh tweeted: “Immense respect for the world champion for taking a principled stand on an necessary situation, forcing the world to concentrate to it at an enormous private price. Ideally, the chess world and FIDE ought to have devised a superb sensible answer to the dishonest downside years in the past.”
Fashionable sport is about LIVE telecast (with out delays). And if the chess increase is to be sustained, various codecs should thrive collectively with out taking regressive, self-destructive steps. And credibility is important.