World champion Magnus Carlsen lost to a young Hans Niemann and abandon the prestigious tournament with cryptic tweet, he can't talk about it. He never abandoned a tournament, so there must be a good reason, maybe cheating? Staff increased security and delayed games stream. Hikaru Nakamura spent entire day insinuating Niemann is a cheater, having over 25000 viewers watching and gaining subs. Reddit too attacked Niemann, it was madness. All that without any evidence. Finally kid got to speak and fight back. Magnus is silent, and Hikaru don't want to comment last interview, playing victim now. Reddit make 180 turn and now everybody likes Niemann. Chess history in making.
Drama in chess world (ongoing)
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