The chess world was taken by storm just lately when Magnus Carlsen was fined and excluded from a late spherical recreation on the World Fast Championship in New York. It was triggered by Carlsen’s refusal to alter his denims, which wasn’t allowed for the occasion by FIDE. The World No. 1 introduced his return for the World Blitz C’ship after FIDE agreed to loosen up their apparel rule, and ‘appropriate jeans’ have been allowed.
Hans Niemann took a dig at Magnus Carlsen.(Hindustan Occasions)
Carlsen’s return hasn’t been well-received by Hans Niemann, who took to X, previously often known as Twitter, to vent his emotions on the event. The American grandmaster acknowledged that Carlsen’s actions had been making a mockery of ‘the sanctity of the game’ and in addition took a dig on the Norwegian for his or her 2022 dishonest scandal.
Niemann wrote, “Allowing a single actor to make a mockery of the tournament and then bending the knee is disappointing. FIDE has a responsibility to protect the sanctity of the game. The chesscom mafia tried to ruin my career because of a similar emotional outburst, someone must take a stand!”
Niemann and Carlsen have an extended historical past collectively, which matches again to September 2022, after they confronted one another of their third spherical fixture of the Sinquefield Cup. The World No. 1 misplaced to Niemann, and instantly withdrew from the match. Carlsen’s motion was seen as a manner of accusing Niemann of dishonest. It simply didn’t finish there!
Then of their subsequent match meet-up in an internet occasion, Carlsen resigned after just one transfer, including extra hypothesis to the controversy. In an interview, Niemann revealed he cheated in on-line chess as a baby, however didn’t accomplish that within the match towards Carlsen or in any over-the-board recreation. Carlsen had his personal response, as he launched a press release the place he accused Niemann of dishonest extra typically than he admitted. Niemann was additionally faraway from Chess.com, who additionally launched a report accusing him of dishonest in on-line video games.
FIDE launches investigation
In response, the FIDE launched an investigation and Niemann filed a lawsuit towards CArlsen, his firm Play Magnus Group, Hikaru Nakamura and Chess.com chief officer Daniel Rensh for illegal collusion and defamation. The lawsuit was later dismissed and it was additionally revealed later that every one events concerned had settled, adopted by Chess.com reinstating Niemann on their platform. Additionally, Carlsen promised that he would play towards Niemann, in the event that they had been ever paired.
When the denims controversy first occurred in New York, Niemann additionally accused Carlsen of lobbying techniques on account of his position within the Freestyle Chess Tour. He additionally felt that Carlsen was making an attempt to ‘discredit FIDE’ and make his personal tour the official world championship.
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