Perpetual Chess Podcast

Bonus Pod- Chess World in Turmoil as Magnus Carlsen Suddenly withdraws from Sinquefield Cup Amid Speculation that GM Hans Niemann used Engine Assistance

Sep 9, 2022

39:08

Highlights

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Episode notes

The Preclusion of Engines of Tournament Chess A

02:39

Hans Neman's Cheated on Line

02:06

Is It Possible That He's Cheating?

02:28

Introduction

4min

Gregg and the Adult Improver Episodes of Perpetual Chess

2min

Hans Niman's Withdrawal From the Singfield Cup

2min

The St. Louis Chess Tournament, Round Three - Neman's Withdrawal

3min

A Neman, Q, I'm Not Going to Let Chess Dot Com. I'm Not Going to Let Magnus Carleston.

2min

Hans Neman's Cheated on Line

2min

The Preclusion of Engines of Tournament Chess A

3min

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3min

Is It a Markof, Marker of Talent?

2min

10.

Is It Possible That He's Cheating?

2min

11.

Ink Field Cup and Gregg Hans Interview

2min

12.

Did He Cheated?

2min

13.

How Could I Lose to Someone Who Talks Like This?

2min

14.

Is He a Cheater?

2min

15.

'Tis the End of the World, You Know?

2min

16.

Is It a Mole on Magnus?

3min

The chess world has been rocked this week by the sudden withdrawal of GM Magnus Carlsen in the early rounds of the Sinquefield Cup. Although only explained by a cryptic tweet, this unprecedented action has been widely interpreted as an allegation of foul play by GM Hans Niemann, who had defeated Magnus in the prior round.. This has been a complex story with tentacles reaching all over the chess world and making headlines beyond it. In this podcast I briefly attempt to catch listeners up on the key events, and then welcome IM Greg Shahade to try to provide a bit of clarity about what we know right now. Greg is the founder of the Pro Chess League and the US Chess School and in the latter role has observed Hans' chess talent as he has risen up the ranks. Greg shares his perspective of Hans' personality, and of the overall story. Links to the important topics referenced can be found below

0:00- I go through the timeline of events and share a few thoughts.

18:00- IM Greg Shahade joins to discuss the news

A few quick notes and links

Perpetual Chess Link Fest Sign Up-

https://benjohnson.substack.com/

Chess Reddit Megathread

https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/x7igg5/megathread_hans_niemann_allegations/

Hans Niemann Round 5 interview-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=CJZuT-_kij0

GM Jacob Aagaard Blog post about his experience working with GM Hans Niemann

https://forum.killerchesstraining.com/t/paranoia-and-insanity-by-jacob-aagaard/856

Chess.com statement