I feel that this latest controversy over Grandmaster Hans Niemann beating Magnus Carlsen is overblown. Niemann is a 19 year old rising star, and if I can lose to people rated 200 points below me then so can Magnus.
Yet Magnus insinuated that he was cheated, and then Hikaru Nakamura came out and said it out loud, and then suddenly the whole Internet jumped on this bandwagon. Then chess.com suspended Niemann's account even though this is not an online tournament.
I think that it would be very hard to cheat in a live tournament and not get caught. They also have safeguards to prevent this.
What is the point of playing if you are not allowed to win?
I believe Niemann when he says that he has done nothing but study chess 12 hours a day for the last two years.
Best wishes,
John Coffey
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