Magnus Carlsen

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.

The Norwegian grandmaster pulled a checkmate of a different kind on Monday as he stunned the chess world by quitting a match after making just one move.

Carlsen pulled out of that tournament immediately after the loss, and he heavily implied that Niemann had cheated. Observers of the Niemann, meanwhile, remained expressionless throughout the whole hubbub, before logging off himself. The young grandmaster seems to have become Carlsen's nemesis and is at the center of what I can’t believe it." "Magnus Carlsen just resigned.

Allegations of cheating have gripped the chess world since World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen lost to 19-year-old Hans Niemann earlier this month.

Niemann [denied cheating](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/sep/09/chess-hans-niemann-hits-back-over-cheating-controversy-in-st-louis) during his match with Carlsen, but was [removed](https://twitter.com/chesscom/status/1568010971616100352) from Chess.com, the largest online chess platform, after the circulation of an earlier interview in which Niemann admitted to [using computer assistance](https://www.euronews.com/culture/2022/09/16/chess-grandmaster-denies-cheating-by-using-anal-beads) to win online games when he was younger. Carlsen, who won [his fourth](https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacharysmith/2021/12/10/world-chess-champion-magnus-carlsen-keeps-his-crown-in-dubai/?sh=28e997d74ccf) World Chess Championship title in April, did not comment on why he withdrew from the tournament after losing to lower-ranked 19-year-old Niemann, but in a statement confirming his withdrawal he included a cryptic video of Portuguese soccer coach José Mourinho saying, “If I speak, I am [in big trouble](https://twitter.com/MagnusCarlsen/status/1566848734616555523?s=20&t=eulzHl8g77VcjG0EFaJBVw),” when asked about a controversial referee decision in 2020. Niemann was the The tournament strengthened its security measures immediately and even searched Niemann before his next match, but [no solid evidence](https://twitter.com/GrandChessTour/status/1568687390515920897) materialized. [lowest ranked](https://www.euronews.com/culture/2022/09/16/chess-grandmaster-denies-cheating-by-using-anal-beads) of the tournament’s 10 players, and was the first to beat Carlsen in more than two years. [unprecedented](https://twitter.com/chess24com/status/1571910045868392448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1571910045868392448%7Ctwgr%5Ec30f52f199a156553ec06165e4e9188543533df2%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vice.com%2Fen%2Farticle%2F7k8w7x%2Fmagnus-carlsen-resigns-after-one-move-in-chess-rematch-with-hans-niemann)” and “making a very big statement.”

World champion Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen withdrew from a recent chess tournament after losing to 19-year-old Hans Niemann, then seemingly implied Niemann ...

I haven't seen any," Ashley said. "Certainly, this is not what we want our game to be known for." "I cheated on random games on Chess.com," Niemann said. And I don't want to be in big trouble." That he's done so in the last couple of years? "I think most players, as evidenced by the fact that they're continuing to play him at this event ... "Hans played well; Magnus played worse. I think most players say what's past is past." He also linked to a YouTube video of Roma manager Jose Mourinho saying in a press conference, "If I speak, I am in big trouble. There are statisticians who analyze chess performances for outliers: Are players suddenly playing in a different way? "I was confronted. And other than when I was 12 years old I have never cheated in a tournament with prize money."

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.

Shortly after making his first move, world champion Magnus Carlsen resigned from an online chess match against fellow grandmaster Hans Niemann on Monday.

Niemann said he had been removed from popular website Chess.com following Carlsen’s tweet and that “the entire social media and chess world is completely attacking me and undermining me.” Carlsen and Niemann played two further games against other opponents following the former’s sudden resignation on Monday. “I am proud of myself that I have learned from that mistake, and now I have given everything to chess. “It just looks very odd now. Louis Chess Club he had never cheated in over-the-board games. [said](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN3zNrvO8b4) Carlsen is “suspicious” of Niemann’s conduct, and days after the Sinquefield Cup match, Niemann publicly responded to allegations that he had cheated earlier in his chess career.