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You're right. I forgot Chess tournaments are blindfolded, so you don't know who is participating, and who you will be playing. Oh wait, that's totally not the
by asdajksah2123 4y ago
You're right. I forgot Chess tournaments are blindfolded, so you don't know who is participating, and who you will be playing.
Oh wait, that's totally not the case and Carlsen absolutely knew who he would be playing and knew the exact measures the tournament was taking and still hasn't had the balls to release a statement actually accusing Niemann of cheating, despite the fact that this is something everyone knows.
Our brave Carlsen is too scared to make the claim that Hans is cheating despite this being something as obvious as the sky appearing blue.
I'm not sure how this makes Carlsen look any better.
- pessimizer 4y agoI'm sure you'd be a lot happier with him if he accused the guy of cheating with no evidence. Carlsen thinks he's cheating and doesn't want to play with him; it might be soap opera, but it's not assault. If you don't want to be accused of cheating with no concrete evidence, don't get caught cheating. It's obvious that he's a world-class player, but it's his responsibility alone to get past that bad reputation. Even after time passes and he gets away from it, people will still use it as a pretext to screw with him. But he earned that black mark just as much as he earned his playing skill. The smart move for Niemann is to be absurdly graceful about this, and eventually, hopefully, get Carlsen on his side (or at least neutral.)
- slowmovintarget 4y agoCarlsen may have legal advice to avoid a statement.
- __s 4y agoNiemann was a last minute substitution at Sinquefield