Vice-President of the Moscow Chess Federation Sergey Smagin spoke about the situation between world champion Magnus Carlsen and American grandmaster Hans Niemann. Magnus accused his rival of cheating. After that, Niemann filed a lawsuit, demanding $ 100 million for damage to reputation. “It won’t affect the image of chess in general much. Perhaps, on the…
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The trial is beneficial to Hans Niemann, as it will become a worldwide advertisement for the American grandmaster “I do not know where Niemann’s confidence in the success of this case comes from, since there have already been many of his parties that are questionable. Many of them even proved that he cheated. But it…
“When Karpov played, he was happy to win the tournament with a half-point advantage, it was normal for him, but Kasparov wanted to play in every game and win as much as possible, that’s what I found the main difference between them.”
At the US Championships, Hans Niemann answered the question in an interview: “Why do fans like to watch him play” — “It’s great when they humiliate such an arrogant person like me.”
Russian grandmaster Sergey Karjakin believes that Azerbaijani chess player Rauf Mamedov needlessly refused to continue the game with world champion Magnus Carlsen at the online blitz tournament Titled Tuesday. “In my opinion, Rauf took such a move of Magnus too close to his heart, it would have been better to get together and win the…
The twelfth world chess champion Anatoly Karpov said that Azerbaijani grandmaster Rauf Mamedov did wrong when he refused to fight on the second move of the game with world champion Magnus Carlsen during the online tournament Titled Tuesday. Mamedov refused to continue the game with Carlsen at the blitz tournament on the second move. The…
Fabiano Caruana, a participant in the 2018 World Championship match, believes that the chess world has divided into two camps after the situation with Hans Niemann. “I understand why Niemann doesn’t want to give interviews, because he feels attacked from all sides. Hans doesn’t want to talk so that his words won’t be used against…
Maxim Dlugy, the coach of American grandmaster Hans Nieman, spoke about why he sued world champion Magnus Carlsen. “He hit my reputation because he wanted to embellish the facts. He’s grasping at straws because he has no proof. With his phrase, he clearly meant that I had taught Niemann to cheat well. Why am I…
Azerbaijani grandmaster Rauf Mamedov has denied reports that he was banned from the most popular online chess platform. Such information appeared after the traditional tournament “Titled Tuesday”. During the 10th round game, 1.e4 g5 was played between Mamedov and Carlsen, after which the result was 0-1 in favor of Magnus. Mamedov did not finish the…
Vice-President of the Russian Chess Federation Alexander Zhukov hopes that the policy of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) will become an example for other international sports organizations. Earlier, FIDE held preliminary consultations on the possible participation of children’s and Paralympic teams of Russia and Belarus in competitions under the auspices of the organization. This is…