![]() “It’s the most unsportsmanlike thing you can do.” “It’s the most unacceptable behaviour to lose on purpose,” he said. On Norwegian TV, Carlsen’s former teammate and aide, Jon Ludvig Hammer, called for sanctions. This weird position has proved tricky to solve.Įngland’s leading female player, Jovanka Houska, accused Carlsen of “pouring more fuel on the fire” of the controversy. The nearest precedent is probably the 1 c4 Resigns of Fischer v Oscar Panno at the 1970 interzonal, when the Argentinian grandmaster resigned in protest at changes in the schedule to accommodate the religious beliefs of Fischer and Samuel Reshevsky.ģ834 White mates in two moves, against any defence (composer unknown). Bobby Fischer and Vlad Kramnik defaulted games in world championship matches, but their protests were against organisational decisions. Monday’s bizarre occurrence is almost without precedent in international chess. ![]() Their fourth and final game proved decisive when Vietnam’s top player created a passed central pawn and advanced it victoriously.Īttention now shifts to the statement which Carlsen has promised for Monday, the day after the Julius Baer Cup ends, explaining the reasons for his withdrawal from the Sinquefield Cup earlier this month and for his resignation on move two against Niemann this week. Norway’s world champion eased his way to the semi-finals by a 3-1 margin against the world No 10 Levon Aronian, but the controversial US 19-year-old was eliminated by a 2.5-1.5 score against Le Quang Liem, 31, the current Asian champion and a former world blitz champion. ![]() The St Louis organisers explained all their many anti-cheating procedures and emphasised there had been no wrongdoing at their event. Niemann admitted to being banned twice by for cheating online, but denied cheating over the board.
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