Magnus Withdrawals

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#1

Magnus just withdrew from a major tournament. Not sick or personal reasons. There are hints something about cheating or something like this this.

Anyone have heard anything

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#3

I’m not getting any news either. Something fishy going on

#4

Apparently the guy he played Hans has cheated for playing online and was banned. Idk how it correlates with a in person game

#5

I heard and didn’t understand something like Carlsen’s prep somehow was leaked someone

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#6

Edit - ignore my posts earlier

#7

Edit - ignore my posts earlier

#8

How do you cheat at chess? Keep a couple of queens stuffed up your sleeve?

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#9

Edit - ignore my posts earlier

#10

There are a couple ways, the most primitive one is sneaking a cell phone into the bathroom and plugging the position into an engine.

#11

I wasnt allowed a piss break during my ap english blue book in 11th fucking grade. They can’t send a chaperone in a bathroom emergency?

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#13

For context that video Magnus linked in his tweet is Jose Mourinho talking about a match where there was some questionable referee decisions. Magnus has apparently never played that opening and was a suspicious of how Hans suddenly prepared for that opening just before the match.

“…By some miracle I had checked this today…Such a ridiculous miracle that I don’t even remember why I checked it…”

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#16

Jeez. Several GMs seem to think Hans was cheating

#17

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#18

The claim seems lacking proof but people are seeing something

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#20

There are rumors he got Info on Magnus’s prep and knew what he would open with. All this drama makes me want to get into chess

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