Levon Aronian, the world No 10 who will make his US championship debut next week, said: “I believe Hans has not been the cleanest person when it comes to online chess.” “For me it’s weird having two not so brilliant performances in a row, and then coming and screwing some of the top players,” he said. Ian Nepomniachtchi, winner of the 2022 Candidates and current world No 3, revealed his suspicions about Niemann’s erratic form before his strong start at the Sinquefield Cup.
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Hikaru Nakamura, the current world No 5 and five-time US champion, will not be competing in St Louis next week, but has made it plain to his million plus Twitch followers that he distrusts Niemann. The 2018 world title challenger and former world No 2, Fabiano Caruana,said he had personal experience with a cheater who had been exonerated: “There is no doubt in my mind that he was cheating and he got away with it.” Caruana described key moves in one of Niemann’s 2022 wins as “fishy” and “weird”.ģ835: Alexander Donchenko v Emre Can, Fagernes, Norway 2022. I saw Niemann play well, but not perfectly (as the commentators showed at a few points) and I saw Magnus playing badly and acting pissed off near the end.”Ĭarlsen’s prime example may be unconvincing, but top GMs have generally taken his side.
I saw nothing to suggest that Hans was doing anything to put Magnus off, nor anything to suggest that Hans thought Magnus suspected him of cheating. Harding wrote in the English Chess Forum: “I was watching pretty much throughout the game and Hans’s interview afterwards. One of the spectators as the game and players were screened live from St Louis was Tim Harding, a Dublin historian and the leading expert on British 19th century chess. It is also possible to play against a world champion without tension, as evidenced by the reaction of Jonathan Penrose during his famous 1960 victory over Mikhail Tal, where he described the experience as feeling like an Essex v Middlesex county match. Niemann played average and Carlsen played poorly.” Russia’s Alexander Grischuk summed it up succinctly: “Their game wasn’t suspicious. “This game contributed to me changing my perspective.”Ĭarlsen’s assessment is contrary to the general view of commentators on the game that there were errors and inaccuracies on both sides, with Niemann missing clearer routes to victory and Carlsen overlooking several chances to draw or make the win difficult. “Throughout our game I had the impression that he wasn’t tense or even fully concentrating on the game in critical positions, while outplaying me as black in a way I think only a handful of players can do,” said Carlsen.
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