Magnus Carlsen denies accusing chess photographer of helping Hans Niemann cheat Chess.comChess icon Magnus Carlsen has responded to claims that he accused photographer Lennart Ootes of helping Hans Niemann allegedly cheat in their infamous Sinquefield Cup encounter. The controversial 2022 match between Magnus Carlsen and Hans Niemann was one for the ages, with the upstart Niemann emerging victorious against the world\u2019s best chess player. Despite his historic win, the match soon went down in infamy as Carlsen alleged that there was foul play involved and that somehow, Niemann had cheated in an over-the-board game. The next day, Magnus resigned from the tournament. For months, rumors and theories circulated on social media, with some even pondering if Niemann had inserted an item into his body that would transmit optimal moves through vibrations. Eventually, after the threat of a $100M lawsuit by Niemann, all accusations were dropped \u2013 but that hasn\u2019t stopped the legacy of the match from continuing to rear its ugly head. A new report published by New York Mag claims that, during his game against Niemann, Carlsen got up and approached chess photographer Lennart Ootes to accuse him of aiding his opponent. According to the report, Carlsen said there was a \u201cmassive tell\u201d as the competitors were in an isolated room, with only the managing director of the US Chess Trust, Al Lawrence, and a few others inside. However, Carlsen is rejecting these claims, calling them \u201cmisleading\u201d and \u201cerroneous.\u201d \u201cThe most egregious of which was that I accused the photographer, Lennart Ootes, of aiding with cheating,\u201d he blasted on X. \u201cI never did such a thing. I merely pointed out that someone who may or may not have knowledge of engine evaluations entering the room or going up to a board at certain times, can unknowingly give players tells.\u201d The chess star further noted that he wasn\u2019t the only player who had an issue with people entering the room and approaching their boards. \u201cThis is a problem that other people have brought up later as well,\u201d he added. 2\/2 I never did such a thing, I merely pointed out that someone who may or may not have knowledge of engine evaluations entering the room or going up to a board at certain times, can unknowingly give players tells. This is a problem that other people have brought up later as well https:\/\/t.co\/K2BEC6ESyr \u2014 Magnus Carlsen (@MagnusCarlsen) May 22, 2024 Niemann has yet to respond to the report, but he\u2019s also had to deal with quite a few ramifications following the cheating dispute as it continues to be talked about, with even Elon Musk joking about it in a post on X earlier in May. The cheating scandal is even reportedly being made into a feature-length film titled \u2018Checkmate,\u2019 and is being produced by Emma Stone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Magnus Carlsen denies accusing chess photographer of helping Hans Niemann cheat Chess.comChess icon Magnus Carlsen has responded to claims that he accused photographer Lennart Ootes of helping Hans Niemann allegedly cheat in their infamous Sinquefield Cup encounter. The controversial 2022 match between Magnus Carlsen and Hans Niemann was one for the ages, with the upstart […]<\/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-54753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54753","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=54753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54753\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}