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Two peculiar side notes here: 1) The first three and only moves of this game at Julius Bär Generation Cup with Niemann as white is the same opening as the firs
by jokabrink 4y ago
Two peculiar side notes here:
1) The first three and only moves of this game at Julius Bär Generation Cup with Niemann as white is the same opening as the first controversial game (2022-09-05) at the Sinquefield Cup but with flipped sides (Magnus white).
2) Chess.com, the organization that decided to ban Niemann [1] sometime between these two games based on his online play behaviour on that platform, just bought Play Magnus (a competitor to chess.com that Magnus formed) less than a month ago and is in the state of merging. [2]
- [1] https://twitter.com/chesscom/status/1568010971616100352 https://twitter.com/chesscom/status/1568010971616100352
- [2] https://www.chess.com/news/view/chesscom-playmagnus https://www.chess.com/news/view/chesscom-playmagnus
- nottorp 4y agoThen I guess he's not allowed to disparage his buyer by the sales contract, or something like that. And probably won't be for some years.