Magnus Carlsen has pulled out of one of the world’s largest chess tournaments.
After the surprise loss on Sunday, the 19-year-old Norwegian opponent is suspected of cheating.
– It sounds like a very trivial accusation, says Grand Master Rustam Kasemdzhanov to Chess 24.
The best chess player in the world Magnus Carlsen He had gone 53 straight games unbeaten in the classic chess game, but the streak came to a shocking end on Sunday.
Carlsen lost the third round of the Sinkfield Super Cup despite playing the white pieces against American Hans Niemann, 19, who is no better than 49 in the world.
– Neiman said to Chess 24 after the quarrel: – It must be embarrassing for the world champion to lose to me, I feel sorry for him.
shock: withdrawal
The loss was Magnus Carlsen’s last game in the Sinquefield Cup.
On Sunday, the Norwegian chose not to appear in his party against the Azerbaijani, Shakhryar Mamedyarov. While that chirp He released a video clip in which football coach Jose Mourinho says, “If I spoke, I would have a big problem.”
“I withdrew from the tournament. I have always enjoyed playing in St. Louis and I hope to return in the future.”Carlsen writes.
After the encrypted message, the chess world agreed on the reason for Carlsen’s surprise message. Especially when Monday’s round was moved a quarter of an hour ahead because the organizer took extra measures to avoid cheating.
“The obvious implication of Carlsen’s withdrawal, besides this, is that Magnus suspects foul play but does not want to publicly accuse him.”writes chess 24.
Chess problems
World number three, Jan Nepomyashige, describes Hans Niemann’s win as “more than impressive” while fellow senior Hikaru Nakamura mentions that Nieman was previously banned for cheating when he played online chess.
However, other experts are more skeptical.
“I could have played this game easily, there was nothing special about Hans’ playing,” says international champion Lawrence Trent in Chess 24.
– If it is based only on this party, it seems like a very trivial accusation, says Grandmaster Rustam Kasimdzhanov.
Computer-assisted cheating is a growing problem in the game of chess. Three years ago, among other things, Latvian master Igors Rousses was caught with a phone while sitting on the toilet and received the longest sentence in the history of sports.
There are also examples of cheating where other people in the game room received information from chess computers and passed it on to the players at the board.