Hans Niemann: ‘Of course Magnus Carlsen is a bully… used his entire empire to attack me’ | Chess News
American GM Hans Niemann despite burying the hatchet with Magnus Carlsen recently has stepped up his war of words with the Norwegian calling him a “bully,” who used his entire empire to attack him.
Speaking on Piers Morgan Uncensored, he said: “Of course he is a bully. He used his entire empire, he used his connections at chess dot com. He leveraged the fact that there is a merger happening, he got all these people to attack me. It’s bullying.”
“It is a simple thing and if people will bully I am going to stand up to them and I stood up to him and I look forward to competing him against the board and I am going to do my best and prove myself.”
Niemann, however maintained that he has proven his chess level time and time again and has been given a clean shit from the chess dot com website as well.
“I have proven my strength right chess dot com themselves have said that since they gave me a short ban before and they said that since then I have never cheated.
“So, on their website I have beaten some of the best players in the world. I have performed at the highest level on their websites, which they themselves say that I didn’t cheated.
“So is Magnus Carlsen a bully?” https://t.co/oIz9YbCRyw pic.twitter.com/FVbhWXe7jO
— Olimpiu Di Luppi (@olimpiuurcan) September 26, 2023
“In addition to that over the board tournaments I have continued to play chess at a very very high level. My ranking did not just dropped I continued to play well even after this victory.
“I have proven my chess level time and time again. This is simply a case you know where bullies are going after someone because it’s threaten their business interests.”
Niemann also posted on X saying how he is unfazed when Piers Morgan asked him about the anal beads repeatedly on the show.
Chilling on the 40th floor while Piers Morgan obsesses over ***** I remain unfazed, perspicacious, and composed on the path to World Junior Champion. pic.twitter.com/RD6BuVJ9
— Hans Niemann (@HansMokeNiemann) September 26, 2023
“Chilling on the 40th floor while Piers Morgan obsesses over ***** I remain unfazed, perspicacious, and composed on the path to World Junior Champion,” he wrote.
Niemann was again in the hot waters last week when former world champion Vladimir Kramnik without naming him explained “strange things were going on” in a match against the American GM.Most Read
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In times when the credibility of the game is being questioned, Vladimir Kramnik announced he will not play games on Chess dot com anymore due to what he called “too many obvious cheaters” on the popular platform. While he did not name any player, Kramnik recently played a few games against Niemann.
This came a day after Kramnik lost two games against Niemann on the Chess dot com platform in the AI Cup.
“During the game there were a few moments that made me uncomfortable. It was so unusual the way Hans was playing some moves. Especially, his time management. When the decision is difficult, people take time. And if the move is obvious, people play it quickly. In my first game, everything was upside down with Hans. Some strange things are going on,” he said on his YouTube channel explaining his first game against Niemann which he lost.
