Final yr the chess world was engulfed by scandal after world champion Magnus Carlsen accused his opponent, grandmaster Hans Niemann, of dishonest in a recreation which Niemann gained. The allegation was explosive and, as allegations about Niemann’s previous behaviour got here to mild, one unverifiable and lurid element took centre stage: that the participant had cheated via using vibrating anal beads that, in some way, communicated on-the-board strikes to him.
The notion at all times appeared absurd to me, however chess has an extended historical past of gamers doing absolutely anything to realize a bonus, and regardless of there being no proof it caught across the story. The scandal itself has now considerably died down, after the pair and numerous different events settled a $100 million lawsuit final month, and so in fact now’s the time Niemann has chosen to deal with the supposed gadget.
Niemann went on the present Piers Morgan Uncensored to speak in regards to the incident itself and the way he’d coped with the following fallout (which risked destroying his profession, and will definitely canine him for the remainder of it). The participant stated it was a “disheartening” time and “it actually has taught me plenty of crucial classes about life and chess.”
The host Piers Morgan raised the query of the intercourse toy and requested Niemann particularly if he had ever used anal beads whereas taking part in chess.
“Properly, your curiosity is a bit regarding, you recognize, perhaps you are personally , however I can inform you no,” stated Niemann. “Categorically, no, in fact not.”
That is the primary time Niemann has addressed the hearsay and this may, hopefully, put the unsubstantiated hearsay to relaxation. There’ll at all times be those that say that in fact that is what Niemann would say. Which all jogs my memory of an outdated English idiom about wrestling with a pig in shit. You each get lined, however the pig likes it.
