The American chess grandmaster on the centre of the game’s greatest scandal has been accused of dishonest greater than 100 occasions on a serious on-line platform.
Key factors:
- Hans Niemann was accused of dishonest by world champion Magnus Carlsen this yr
- Chess.com launched a report detailing greater than 100 video games by which Niemann was believed to have cheated
- Niemann has admitted to dishonest twice in his life, when he was 12 and 16
Hans Niemann, 19, has been the speak of the chess world after five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen accused him of dishonest throughout their Sinquefield Cup sport in September.
Niemann denied he cheated and even provided to play bare to show he was clear, however did admit to dishonest twice in his life, aged 12 and 16.Â
Nonetheless, main web site Chess.com has launched a 72-page report that highlights greater than 100 video games the place the platform believes Niemann cheated.
The video games are dated between July 2015 and August 2020.
Nearly all of the alleged dishonest offences occurred in video games in 2020, when chess gained a surge of recognition on-line because the world handled the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We current proof on this report that Hans probably cheated on-line way more than his public statements recommend,” the report states.
“Per the letter we despatched Hans privately on September 8, 2022, we’re ready to indicate inside this report that he, actually, seems to have cheated towards a number of opponents in Chess.com prize occasions, Velocity Chess Championship Qualifiers and the PRO Chess League.
“We even have proof that he seems to have cheated in units of rated video games on Chess.com towards extremely rated, well-known figures within the chess neighborhood, a few of which he streamed on-line.
“These findings contradict Hans’ public statements.”
Carlsen withdrew from the Sinquefield Cup in early September after shedding to Niemann who was taking part in with the black items.
The world champion didn’t make an official accusation of dishonest till the top of the month, however a cryptic social media put up alluded to him believing there was foul play in that sport.
Niemann categorically denied that he cheated within the Sinquefield Cup, which was performed over-the-board and never on-line.
Chess.com in its report mentioned it had no proof that Niemann had ever cheated over-the-board or in his sport towards Carlsen.
Nonetheless, the report mentioned Chess.com discovered facets of the Sinquefield Cup sport “suspicious”.
The web site did take away the American teenager from its International Chess Championship within the fallout from the Sinquefield Cup, info made public by Niemann himself.
The web site mentioned it didn’t need its dishonest considerations with Niemann to be publicly mentioned, but it surely had no alternative after the revelation by {the teenager}.
Chess.com in its report has additionally posted a web based dialog between Niemann and Chess.com directors, discussing a few of his dishonest bans.
The 2020 dialog between Niemann and Daniel Rensch — a global grasp and chief industrial officer of Chess.com — exhibits Niemann apologising for dishonest and promising to not do it once more as soon as his ban was lifted.
The report states Niemann additionally admitted to dishonest in a telephone dialog between the 2.
Chess.com has mentioned it has no proof to recommend Niemann had cheated since 2020, after his ban was lifted.Â
“Our investigation has revealed that whereas there was some noteworthy on-line play that has caught our consideration as suspicious since August 2020, we’re unaware of any proof that Hans has engaged in on-line dishonest since then,” the report mentioned.
“Our investigation has concluded that he did, nonetheless, cheat way more than he has publicly admitted to, together with in lots of prize occasions, at the least 25 streamed video games, and 100+ rated video games on Chess.com, as lately as when he was 17 years previous.”
Niemann has not commented on the report.
