What if Magnus is simply tilted? That would be sad, but IMHO it seems more plausible every day.
His silence is not playing strongly in his favor.
His silence is not playing strongly in his favor.
Extraordinary claims require Extraordinary evidence.
In any case, chess tournaments need to increase their security to make even the mere appearance of cheating impossible.
Wrong. Carlsen could have resigned in protest of the player and the current game doesn't matter.
Yeah, sure, but in this case, any player could cheat, not only Hans.
Magnus could have been cheating during all those years...
Did Magnus play badly?
The most surprising fact for me from this whole controversy is discovering that Carlsen actually has a rabid fan base who will gladly ignore reality if it goes against him. Chess is actually not that different from football.
I‘m curious to see their game analyzed with this taken into account.
You can get to the full analysis from the board in this news coverage: https://www.chess.com/news/view/2022-sinquefield-cup-round-3
I can’t find a way to link directly to it. Chess.com is pretty annoying.
Carlsen also plays the endgame unusually poorly.