Chess.com claims Hans Niemann cheated more than he admitted Twitch: STLChessClubChess Grandmaster Hans Niemann admitted to breaking the rules on Chess.com in the past, but the website claims he failed to provide all details. Niemann shocked the chess world by defeating five-time-world Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen at the Sinquefield Cup on September 4. However, Carlsen later withdrew, as fellow Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura accused Niemann of cheating. Niemann denied cheating in an interview with STLChessClub and hit out at Hikaru for supposedly providing no evidence. The famous chess player said he has never\u201d cheated in an over-the-board game,\u201d but he admitted breaking the rules on Chess.com because he was \u201cwilling to do anything to grow\u201d his Twitch channel. Chess.com decided to remove the accused player from their website and claimed that his statements contradicted the amount and seriousness of his cheating. Chess.com calls out Niemann over cheating allegations Chief Chess Officer Danny Rensch issued a statement, claiming the website has detailed evidence that contradicts Niemann\u2019s initial statements. Rensch said, \u201cwe have shared detailed evidence with him concerning our decision, including information that contradicts his statements regarding the amount and seriousness of his cheating on Chess.com\u201d In the interview with STLChessClub, Niemann claimed, \u201cI cheated on random games on Chess.com. I was confronted. I confessed. And this is the single biggest mistake of my life. And I am completely ashamed.\u201d Chess.com did not rule out Niemann returning, as Rensch shared, \u201cwe have invited Hans to provide an explanation and response with the hope of finding a resolution where Hans can again participate on Chess.com. Niemann\u2019s cheating allegations have reached insane levels with some even suggesting he used an adult toy vibrating morse code to somehow cheat during live events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Chess.com claims Hans Niemann cheated more than he admitted Twitch: STLChessClubChess Grandmaster Hans Niemann admitted to breaking the rules on Chess.com in the past, but the website claims he failed to provide all details. Niemann shocked the chess world by defeating five-time-world Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen at the Sinquefield Cup on September 4. However, Carlsen […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45904\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}