Magnus Carlsen withdraws from Chess Cup amid Hans Niemann cheating accusations Instagram: Magnus Carlsen\/ Hans NiemannDecorated Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen has mysteriously pulled out of the Sinquefield Cup as fans speculate on rumors of his opponent Hans Niemann cheating. Fellow grandmaster Hikaru has since alleged that Niemann has cheated in the past. At just 31-years-old, Magnus Carlsen has already certified his title as one of the world\u2019s greatest Chess grandmasters. He\u2019s been crowned the Chess World Champion on five occasions and is a three-time World Rapid Chess Champion. However, it came as a surprise to some when he was beaten by his fellow young grandmaster and Twitch streamer Hans Niemann, a much lower-ranked player, during the third round of the 2022 Sinquefield Cup on September 4. Following the match, Carlsen suddenly withdrew from the tournament in a cryptic announcement on Twitter, causing many to speculate about what caused the abrupt exit. Magnus Carlsen\u2019s cryptic tweet sparks confusion The day after the match, Carlsen announced he had withdrawn from the Sinquefield Cup. While he didn\u2019t give an official reason for the decision, he shared a link to a famous YouTube video of former Manchester United manager Jos\u00e9 Mourinho saying \u201cIf I speak, I am in big trouble.\u201d Some users started to speculate whether Carlsen\u2019s withdrawal was because \u201cHans was cheating behind the scenes.\u201d Yet, Niemann\u2019s fans quickly jumped to his defence with one claiming Carlsen had lost due to his own \u201ctrivial mistake\u201d and there was supposedly \u201cno cheating evidence.\u201d As all Chess fans know, players can face potential legal battles if they outright accuse their opponent without any hard evidence. However, it wasn\u2019t long until players from across the community began to share their take on the controversy, including streamer and renowned Chess champion Hikaru Nakamura. \u201cThere was a period of time when Hans was not allowed to play tourns for prize money on Chess.com,\u201d Nakamura claimed. \u201cI think you guys understand what that means.\u201d Carlsen hasn\u2019t made any official cheating allegations and there has been no word on an investigation, as of writing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Magnus Carlsen withdraws from Chess Cup amid Hans Niemann cheating accusations Instagram: Magnus Carlsen\/ Hans NiemannDecorated Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen has mysteriously pulled out of the Sinquefield Cup as fans speculate on rumors of his opponent Hans Niemann cheating. Fellow grandmaster Hikaru has since alleged that Niemann has cheated in the past. At just 31-years-old, […]<\/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-54759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54759","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=54759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54759\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}