Chess GM Kramnik says it\u2019s more likely Hikaru has cheated compared to Hans Niemann Hans Niemann\/ Chess.comChess Grandmaster Vladimir Kramnik said in an interview with Dexerto that he believes it\u2019s more likely GM and streamer Hikaru Nakamura has cheated in games than Hans Niemann. Niemann was accused of cheating in an over-the-board chess match by Magnus Carlsen in 2022 and has since dealt with the fallout of these claims. The International Chess Federation, FIDE, found no evidence that Niemann cheated in his win over Carlsen at the St Louis tournament in a 2023 report. The incident caused a rash of high-profile cheating accusations from various top players, one of which being Kramnik claiming Hikaru had more than likely cheated while playing Chess online. The Russian veteran based his assumption on Hikaru\u2019s wild win streak that helped him break a blitz rating record. Chess.com, the platform Hikaru regularly uses said in a statement in 2023 that it \u201cfound no incident of cheating.\u201d Kramnik, however, has stuck to his claims and said in an interview with Dexerto after the Clash of Blames tournament that he thinks it\u2019s more likely Hikaru has cheated online than Niemann. \u201cWhile there are some overperformances in [Niemann\u2019s] stats, they are not extreme and don\u2019t rank among the highest compared to others,\u201d Kramnik said when asked about the allegations against Niemann. \u201cHe\u2019s far from players like Hikaru, whose numbers raise more significant concerns.\u201d When asked specifically about Nakamura, Kramnik said he is \u201csimply looking at the statistics,\u201d and wants a \u201cthorough, unbiased examination by a group of mathematicians.\u201d He also said the Chess.com statement from 2023 was \u201cinaccurate,\u201d and slammed an upcoming report by the website that has yet to be released. \u201cChess.com commissioned a report from a statistician, but it\u2019s clear that the data and conclusions are flawed. The report hasn\u2019t been published yet, and I hope it won\u2019t be, because it\u2019s entirely wrong. I\u2019ve made it clear that I\u2019m ready to publicly defend my position in a live discussion,\u201d he said. The website released a report back in 2022 saying they found that Niemann \u201clikely cheated in more than 100 online chess games,\u201d between 2015 and 2020. Kramnik is now a mentor to Niemann as the Russian player helped prepare the American for his Speed Chess Semifinal match against Carlsen. The match was the first time the two had faced off since the allegations in 2022. Carlsen won the match 17.5 \u2013 12.5. Niemann and Kramnik initially connected after the older player accused the young GM of cheating in an online match. Niemann offered to meet the veteran player in person following the allegations so he could \u201cevaluate\u201d his chess.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Chess GM Kramnik says it\u2019s more likely Hikaru has cheated compared to Hans Niemann Hans Niemann\/ Chess.comChess Grandmaster Vladimir Kramnik said in an interview with Dexerto that he believes it\u2019s more likely GM and streamer Hikaru Nakamura has cheated in games than Hans Niemann. Niemann was accused of cheating in an over-the-board chess match by […]<\/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-45908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45908","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=45908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45908\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}