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World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen and rising American star Hans Niemann settled their dispute over cheating claims, which sparked a $100 million lawsuit and sparked controversy among chess fans. Polarized views.
The allegations came after Neiman shocked Carlson result At last year’s prestigious Sinkfield Cup in St. Louis.
Carlson immediately withdrew from the contest and issued a statement suggesting the then-teenager cheated. A week later, the Norwegian pulled out of an online tournament against the United States after only one move, effectively refusing to play.
When the world’s largest chess website chess netLast year, the company took over Carlson’s Play Magnus Group, banned Neiman and claimed he had repeatedly cheated there. For his part, Niemann has denied cheating on the board, a position backed up by investigations by computer chess experts. It is widely believed that Carlsen’s loss to Nyman in St. Louis was due to the then world champion’s poor endgame performance rather than his opponent’s superior chess skills.
Niemann then filed a $100 million lawsuit against Carlson, Chess.com and others, accusing the companies of defamation and trying to block his career. In June, a U.S. judge threw out parts of Nieman’s lawsuit and said it lacked jurisdiction over others. However, informal discussions between the parties continued and a settlement has now been reached.
On Monday, Chess.com released a statementwhich allowed Neiman to reinstate Chess.com and not limit his participation in the site’s online competitive activities.
Carlson’s own statement read: “I acknowledge and understand Chess.com’s reporting, including its statement, that there is no conclusive evidence that Niemann cheated in the Sinkfield Cup match against me. Nieman in the game.”
When can this pairing happen? Possibly as soon as today! In recent weeks, Carlsen has been a regular on Chess.com’s Titled Tuesday, an online rapid chess tournament open to all FIDE international titles and typically attracts hundreds of players, These include many elite grandmasters. Tuesday’s most prolific winner was world No. 3 and popular streamer Hikaru Nakamura, who was also named in Neiman’s lawsuit.
As a result, Nieman will face a strong temptation to immediately return to “Title Tuesday” for maximum publicity impact. The early version of the event starts at 4pm BST and the later version starts at 10pm BST. Both matches are available to watch online for free, and Chess.com has published a long-form report on the numerous matches that will be released Wednesday afternoon.
Niemann could return to the chess headlines as soon as early October.American is the top seed out of 131 players World Junior Chess Championship Held in Mexico City from September 20th to October 2nd. Nieman and 19-year-old Carissa Yip, the No. 1 seed at the Women’s World Championships, are the only Americans competing in Mexico.
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Whites mate in two steps without any defense (Frederic Gamache). White has all eight pieces, black has only one king and one pawn.
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