Magnus Carlsen blasts lack of anti-cheating efforts in chess after Qatar Masters loss Chess.comChess legend Magnus Carlsen says cheating in chess is still a major issue after a stunning round 2 loss in the Qatar Masters tournament. Carlsen, the world\u2019s top-ranked chess pro, was left humbled at the hands of Kazakh Grandmaster Alisher Suleymenov on October 12, but Magnus isn\u2019t taking the loss lightly. In a scathing post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Carlsen referenced his drama with Hans Niemann, whom he had suggested cheated in order to beat him last year, and the lack of anti-cheat measures since. According to Magnus, his opponent\u2019s decision to wear a watch during their match played a crucial factor in his defeat, and he lashed out at the event\u2019s staff for its lack of anti-cheat protocols. Magnus Carlsen says chess tournaments aren\u2019t taking cheating seriously While the Nordic icon praised Suleymenov\u2019s game and claimed that his opponent deserved to win, he took issue with the Qatar Masters organizers and how they are handling the event. \u201cI was completely crushed in my game today. This is not to accuse my opponent of anything, who played an amazing game and deserved to win, but honestly, as soon as I saw my opponent was wearing a watch early in the game, I lost my ability to concentrate,\u201d he explained. He continued, claiming that, although losing concentration was his own issue and something he would need to deal with, he noticed several potential cheating methods that are ongoing at events. \u201cIt\u2019s also incredibly frustrating to see organizers still not taking anti-cheating seriously at all,\u201d he slammed. In addition to his opponent wearing a watch, Magnus listed a lack of transmission delay, and spectators walking around with smartphones as ways that competitors could nefariously impact the results. He further noted that although he asked an arbiter if watches were allowed and was told that although smartwatches were banned, analog watches were not. \u201cThis seems to be against FIDE rules for events of this stature,\u201d Magnus stated. After chess cheating made headlines following accusations made against Hans Niemann, which resulted in a massive lawsuit, it will be interesting to see how tournaments respond and if these remarks are enough to make changes. Niemann was, however, cleared of any wrongdoing, as Chess.com found that the American Grandmaster didn\u2019t cheat in any in-person games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Magnus Carlsen blasts lack of anti-cheating efforts in chess after Qatar Masters loss Chess.comChess legend Magnus Carlsen says cheating in chess is still a major issue after a stunning round 2 loss in the Qatar Masters tournament. Carlsen, the world\u2019s top-ranked chess pro, was left humbled at the hands of Kazakh Grandmaster Alisher Suleymenov on […]<\/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-54748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54748","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=54748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54748\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}