‘Chesscom mafia tried to destroy my profession’: Hans Niemann’s dig at Carlsen

Niemann and Carlsen have an extended historical past collectively, relationship again to September 2022, once they confronted one another of their third-round fixture of the Sinquefield Cup. The World No. 1 misplaced to Niemann and instantly withdrew from the event. Carlsen’s motion was seen as a manner of accusing Niemann of dishonest. 

Later, in a web-based occasion, their subsequent event meet-up, Carlsen resigned after making just one transfer, including extra hypothesis to the controversy. In an interview, Niemann revealed that as a baby, he had cheated in on-line chess however didn’t within the match towards Carlsen. Or in any over-the-board sport for that matter. 

Carlsen responded by releasing an announcement the place he accused Niemann of dishonest extra usually than he admitted, after which Niemann too was faraway from Chess.com, who additionally launched a report accusing him of dishonest in on-line video games. 

FIDE intervenes and investigates

On the time, FIDE launched an investigation and Niemann filed a lawsuit towards Carlsen, his firm (the Play Magnus Group), Hikaru Nakamura and Chess.com chief officer Daniel Rensh for illegal collusion and defamation.

The lawsuit was later dismissed and it was additionally revealed later that each one events concerned had settled, whereas Chess.com reinstated Niemann on their platform. Carlsen promised that he would play towards Niemann in the event that they had been ever paired up towards every otehr once more. 

When the denims controversy first happened in New York, Niemann additionally accused Carlsen of lobbying techniques as a result of his function within the Freestyle Chess Tour. He additionally felt that Carlsen was making an attempt to ‘discredit FIDE’ and make his personal tour the official world championship.