New Delhi,
5-time World Chess Champion and ‘Number One’ Magnus Carlsen (Norway) suffered a shock loss to Grandmaster Hans Niemann (USA) in the Sinkefeld Cup chess match in USA. This ended Carlsen’s unbeaten run of 53 games in classical chess.
And with 6 laps to go, Sinkefeld suddenly pulled out of the race. Then, in a Julius Baer Cup online chess match against Hans Niemann, ‘Zhaka’ won after a piece move that nobody expected. Carlsen’s strange actions caused an uproar in chess circles.
In this situation, 31-year-old Carlsen, who has broken his silence on the issue, has said in a statement:-
Neiman openly admits to cheating in chess. But I believe he has been involved in far more scams in recent times than admitted. His progress in a short period of time has been extraordinary. He (played in black) was not nervous at all against me in Sinkefield.
He seemed to lack full focus on the game even at crucial moments. I have been beaten by a handful of players with black pieces. The outcome of this game was to change my opinion of him.
But I strongly suspect that he has achieved everything through fraud. We need to do something about the fraudsters. Such action is the biggest threat to the game of chess. Tournament organizers and chess federation administrators should increase monitoring measures to prevent cheating in chess matches.
I don’t play against such players like Neiman anymore. For me, I want to continue to play chess at the top of the best series. There is hope that the truth will come out soon in this matter.
This is what he said in it.
What did Neiman say?
But Carlsen did not say what kind of tricks Niemann staged on the chessboard.
Neiman, 19, recently said that he had failed twice during an online chess tournament, at the age of 12 and at the age of 16. But he had also said that he had never cheated in a face-to-face confrontation. It is clear that Carlsen has avoided playing matches against him because of this.