The world’s finest chess participant Magnus Carlsen has once again come into controversy. This participant first got here into limelight for his jeans in the World Blitz and Rapid Championship and now this participant is being accused of match fixing and an investigation is additionally being demanded.
In reality, Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomnichy shared the World Blitz Championship title. Usually this doesn’t occur however this time FIDE, the worldwide chess physique, agreed to it. However, now Magnus Carlsen and Napo are being accused of fixing. Carlson additionally clarified the challenge and stated that certainly one of his jokes was taken too critically.
Magnus and Nepo performed 4 matches in the remaining. Of these, each performed 2-2 matches. Then after three tiebreak attracts, each of them determined to attract. A video throughout this match went viral. In this video Magnus is speaking to Nepo. Magnus stated that if the feds don’t comply with share then we are going to maintain taking part in small attracts till they’re prepared. Saying this he began laughing and shook fingers.
Apart from the followers, veteran chess gamers had been additionally seen standing towards it. Hans Neems, Srinath Narayan and veteran participant Susan Pulgar known as it mistaken. This is being known as match fixing. It was additionally stated that when Napo and Daniil Dubov performed a brief draw in the identical event final yr, they had been punished. Hans Niemann wrote that FIDE’s Ethics Committee ought to examine. I can not consider that two gamers who maliciously accused me and tried to break my profession are brazenly breaking the guidelines. The irony could not be worse.
Clarifying on this, Magnus wrote on X that, I’ve by no means organized a draw in advance in my profession. In the video I’m joking with Ian a couple of scenario the place there is an absence of decisive tiebreak guidelines. This was clearly not an try and affect FIDE. This was stated in the spirit that I believed FIDE would agree with our proposal.
Magnus: “If they like refuse, we can just play short draws until they give up.”
Isn’t this match-fixing, @FIDE_chessDubov & Nepo had been double forfeited final yr for pre-arranging a draw, why wasn’t related motion taken this time round? pic.twitter.com/WjyteaztLi
— Abhiraj (@mytywarriorking) January 1, 2025
