

In this paper, we investigate this question and other as-pects of the trustworthiness of those results. Given that CRAFTY's of-ficial chess rating is lower than the rating of many of the players analysed, the question arises to what degree that analysis could be trusted. The chess program CRAFTY was used in the analysis. Magnus Carlsen: "I've withdrawn from the tournament.In 2006, Guid and Bratko carried out a computer analysis of games played by World Chess Champi-ons in an attempt to assess as objective as possible one aspect of the playing strength of chess players of different times. Hikaru Nakamura: "There was a period of 6 months where Hans did not play any tournaments for money on. Nepo Postgame Interview: Magnus & Hans' game was "more than impressive" Levon Aronian defends Hans in post game interview Jan Gustafsson: I can't draw any conclusions in favour of cheating, I don't even see a particularly higher lever of play by Niemann in this tournament He made mistakes in positions in which humans would." I couldn't find ANY indication of external help. GM Rafael Leitão: "I analyzed carefully, with powerful engines, the 2 wins by Niemann in the tournament. The fact that Hans Niemann could not recall whether this game was played in London, Kolkata or Ouagadougou, is proof of absolutely nothing to my mind. Nigel Short: M, Carlsen - W, So, Kolkata 2019. GM Daniel King shares his thoughts on the drama MVL: "From my side of things, I'm waiting for additional elements because again, as of now, my feeling is that there was no cheating"

Post-round 5 interview with Hans Niemann where he discusses the situation in detail I'd like to see him watch my entire interview today/ Hans on Twitter: Hikaru has thoroughly enjoyed watching all of my interviews and enjoyed criticizing every single detail and making frivolous implications. Hans Niemann has lost access to his account and is uninvited from the Global Chess Championship Hikaru feels like he's getting blamed for this Naroditsky: "It is not particularly hard to set up a cheating mechanism even in very high profile tournaments" Provocative tweet about cheating shared by PlayMagnus group If there was any real evidence, why not show it? Hikaru has continued to completely ignore my interview and is trying to sweep everything under the rug. Hans Niemann: The silence of my critics clearly speaks for itself.

Gary Kasparov: Carlsen's withdrawal was a blow to chess fans, his colleagues at the tournament, the organizers, and, as the rumors and negative publicity swirl in a vacuum, to the game. Game screening of Niemann’s play by one of the world’s leading chess detectives, the University at Buffalo’s Kenneth Regan, haven’t found anything untoward." - WSJ
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Hikaru's full response to Hans' interview In total, he's played 71 games, scoring 48/71(67.6%) for a performance rating of 2728 FIDE.Ĭ's Public Response to Banning of Hans Niemann Grischuk: I'm waiting for a statement from Carlsen - he must at least provide some factsĪ look at Hans Niemann's full results in his last 10 classical tournaments and performance ratings. Statement from Chief Arbiter: "We currently have no indication that any player has been playing unfairly in the 2022 Sinquefield Cup." The Whole Hans Niemann–Magnus Carlsen Withdrawal Saga So Far
