Magnus lost to Hans playing the white pieces, something that hasn't happened in years. The next time they played, Magnus played 1 move and then instantly resign

Magnus lost to Hans playing the white pieces, something that hasn't happened in years. The next time they played, Magnus played 1 move and then instantly resigned and dropped out of the tournament. On Twitter, he posted a clip saying "If I speak, I get in big trouble". Many people saw this as an accusation of cheating, including large chess streamer Hikaru Nakamura (who is mentioned in the defamation suit). Magnus later came out to say that yes, he thinks Hans cheated. Hans says that he only cheated a few times as a kid, but never since then. Chess.com then released a report detailing games in which he most likely cheated based on statistical analysis, as well as old emails between the site and Hans where Hans admits to cheating in multiple online games. This showed that he very clearly lied when he said he only cheated a few times as a kid, and never since then. It should be noted that there was no direct evidence of cheating in the game vs Magnus. However, Magnus is insanely good at chess, and his word carries a lot of weight when it comes to fair play (despite the obvious bias). The main reason people don't like him is because of the cheating, not because of the specific game. The game is just what brought this entire situation up, and how a lot of his past cheating started getting exposed.