> I don’t understand why people are going out their way to justify Carlsen attitude. Well, chess players are famous for spending a lot of time analysing their

> I don’t understand why people are going out their way to justify Carlsen attitude. Well, chess players are famous for spending a lot of time analysing their opponents' games in great detail. And the world champion is in a sense the greatest living human analyser of high-level chess games. You're right that Carlsen hasn't produced any hard evidence - or even made any clear statements. But on the other hand, for me to say I knew better than him about analysing chess would make it look like I didn't know what I was talking about. Without hard evidence I don't think Niemann should be punished - but it's certainly appropriate to take a very hard look.