[World chess champion Magnus Carlsen has promised to say more
"very soon" on the cheating scandal rocking the game.]
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MAGNUS CARLSEN AND HANS NIEMANN: CHAMPION VOWS TO SAY MORE ON
CHEATING SCANDAL  
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Alex Therrien
September 25, 2022
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_ World chess champion Magnus Carlsen has promised to say more "very
soon" on the cheating scandal rocking the game. _

Norwegian Magnus Carlsen has dominated chess for more than a decade,
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Carlsen has made veiled accusations against Hans Niemann, who defeated
him this month in a major upset, but has provided no evidence of
cheating.

But on Sunday, the Norwegian said he would release a statement on the
saga gripping the chess world within days.

Niemann, 19, has denied cheating in competitive chess and has accused
Carlsen of trying to ruin his career.

* The cheating row that's blowing up the chess world
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The scandal began earlier this month after Carlsen, who is considered
by many to be the greatest player of all time, was defeated by Niemann
at the prestigious Sinquefield Cup - a shock result that ended the
champion's 53-game undefeated run in classical chess.

In response, Carlsen quit the tournament without explanation - despite
there being six rounds to go - and published a cryptic tweet widely
seen as raising suspicions of cheating against the American.

I've withdrawn from the tournament. I've always enjoyed playing in the
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— Magnus Carlsen (@MagnusCarlsen) September 5, 2022
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The saga took another turn on Monday, when the pair were re-matched in
the Julius Baer Generation Cup and Carlsen resigned after making only
one move - an apparent protest at Niemann's participation.

Carlsen went on to win the tournament, while Niemann was eliminated in
the quarter-finals.

Speaking after his tournament victory, Carlsen said he would say more
about the scandal "whether it will be tomorrow or one of the days
after", adding that he wanted "cheating in chess to be dealt with
seriously".

"I'll certainly put out the statement very soon and that will also not
be all you hear from me on that," he added.

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Niemann has admitted to cheating online in informal games when he was
younger but has strenuously denied ever cheating over the board -
widely regarded as a much more serious offence - saying he was even
prepared to play naked to prove his innocence.

Chess.com, the biggest online platform, put out a statement earlier
this month confirming it had removed Niemann for cheating on the site
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In the absence of any concrete allegations from Carlsen, the chess
world has pored over games and interviews of Niemann for evidence of
any cheating over the board.

Some have pointed to Niemann's meteoric rise over the last 20 months,
during which he surged from the relative obscurity of being ranked
roughly 800 in the world to inside the top 50.

But grandmaster Nigel Short, the only British player to compete in the
final of the world championships, is sceptical of suggestions Niemann
has cheated, saying there was no evidence of him doing so in his
victory over Carlsen.

And a statistical analysis of Niemann's games by Prof Kenneth Regan,
the world's leading chess cheating expert, found no evidence of
cheating
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Not since 2006's "Toiletgate" has chess faced a cheating scandal at
the elite levels of the game.

Back then, world championship challenger Veselin Topalov's team
accused the champion Vladimir Kramnik of cheating during his "strange,
if not suspicious" trips to the bathroom.

Prof Regan found no evidence Kramnik had cheated.

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 _ALEX THERRIEN __is a BBC News journalist and Fide Master chess
player_

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