Vladimir Kramnik boycotts Chess.com, blames \u201cobvious cheaters\u201d after Hans Niemann defeat Chess.com \/ IG: hans_niemannGrandmaster Vladimir Kramnik has thrown in the towel on Chess.com, claiming that the site is riddled with \u201cobvious cheaters\u201d after being defeated by Hans Niemann. Kramnik\u2019s decision to boycott the site came after his recent defeat to Niemann on September 18 during the Champions Chess Tour Play-In event. Kramnik, a former World Champion, expressed his frustration on his Chess.com profile, stating: \u201cI have decided to stop playing on chesscom from tomorrow on. Just too many obvious cheaters here and nothing is done to clean the platform from those small crooks. Harsh words but true.\u201d He continued, \u201cHope would come back one day if it will be cleaned from at least obvious cheaters. I promise I will continue trying my best to save chess from this disease.\u201d The older Grandmaster, who has been less active in online chess compared to the younger generation, seemed to struggle against Niemann\u2019s tactics in their latest game. Grandmaster Daniel King even noted that Niemann appeared to be \u201cliving rent-free in Kramnik\u2019s head,\u201d suggesting a psychological edge in Niemann\u2019s favor. Kramnik\u2019s boycott now means that Chess.com is at the center of controversy once again. In 2022, the site played a part in what was a major \u201ccheating\u201d scandal involving Hans Niemann and World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen. Niemann, who defeated Carlsen in a high-profile game, faced allegations of cheating, leading to a report by Chess.com that suggested Niemann had cheated in numerous online games. The report, while not directly accusing Niemann of cheating against Carlsen, cast a shadow over the young player\u2019s reputation. Niemann later filed a $100 million defamation lawsuit against Carlsen, Chess.com, and other prominent figures in the chess community, such as Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura, which has since been resolved. The chess community will be watching closely to see how Chess.com responds to Kramnik\u2019s allegations and whether other players will follow suit in boycotting the platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Vladimir Kramnik boycotts Chess.com, blames \u201cobvious cheaters\u201d after Hans Niemann defeat Chess.com \/ IG: hans_niemannGrandmaster Vladimir Kramnik has thrown in the towel on Chess.com, claiming that the site is riddled with \u201cobvious cheaters\u201d after being defeated by Hans Niemann. Kramnik\u2019s decision to boycott the site came after his recent defeat to Niemann on September 18 […]<\/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-63613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63613","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=63613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63613\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}