A cheating scandal involving five-time world chess champion Magnus Carlsen and US grandmaster Hans Niemann that has gripped the sport looks to have finally reached a conclusion following the release of a report by FIDE, the sport’s world governing body.
Headline writers are the worst, they so often misrepresent the article. I don’t mean you OP, but in this case a headline writer at CNN (the actual author of the article most likely did not write the headline). From the article:
“…the ultimate conclusion that GM Niemann had not made himself guilty of over-the-board cheating” and “there was no “statistical evidence to support GM Niemann cheating in over the-board games””.
The headline implies they found he didn’t cheat, whereas it should probably say they didn’t find (enough) evidence he cheated. It’s a subtle difference, but with big implications.
Niemann is a scumbag. Sure he’s innocent until proven guilty, but he’s already been proven to be a cheater and a liar.
Magnus is a pos who cant admit defeat so he needs to accuse his opponents of cheating without evidence.
Magnus has lost plenty of games, and he never accused anyone after losing those.
So why make a big stink over Niemann all of a sudden then?