15 months in the past U.S. grandmaster Hans Niemannn was accused of dishonest in a match after beating Magnus Carlsen (five-time world chess champion).
Final week a report was lastly issued by the world governing physique of chess, CNN reviews:
FIDE’s report stated that evaluation from professor Kenneth Regan — a pc chess dishonest professional — confirmed “situations of dishonest” by Niemann in round 32-55 video games on the web chess platform; far lower than the 100 advised by Chess.com. In response to the FIDE report, Regan additionally discovered “discrepancies” in Niemann’s assertion that he had solely cheated between the ages of 12 and 16. Nevertheless, the video games of 2017 and the video games towards Bok in August of 2020 occurred after he turned 17 in June. One other essential discrepancy is that the dishonest came about in rated on-line video games,” stated the FIDE report.
The report additionally stated there was no “statistical proof to assist GM Niemann dishonest in over the-board video games” in an evaluation of 13 tournaments over the previous three years. “Moreover, it was decided that GM NiemannÂs total leads to the Sinquefield Cup confirmed no statistical foundation for dishonest,” the report stated. “GM Niemann’s efficiency by the years is characterised by peaks and troughs, constant together with his anticipated stage of play,” in keeping with the FIDE report.
FIDE’s Ethics and Disciplinary Fee (EDC) stated within the report that it concluded the case was “an in-between scenario,” one “the place a criticism might be well-founded with out the suspected individual not discovered responsible of dishonest…. The EDC additionally discovered that Carlsen was not responsible on three prices — reckless or manifestly unfounded accusation of chess dishonest, disparagement of FIDE’s status and Curiosity, and try to undermine honor.
Nevertheless, the EDC did discover Carlsen responsible of withdrawing from the 2022 Sinquefield Cup “with out legitimate purpose.” He was fined €10,000 ($10,800) because of this.
In the meantime, Forbes reviews that the world Fast Chess Championship begins Monday in Uzbekistan and runs by December 31.
“Norwegian chess legend Magnus Carlsen will compete.”
