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| − | The '''chess cheating scandal''' of 2022 concerned a highly unlikely ostensible victory by a 19-year-old relatively low-ranked player named Hans Niemann, playing with the weaker black pieces, against the greatest player of our time, [[Magnus Carlsen]], while Carlsen was on an unbeaten streak. This was the second improbable defeat by Niemann with the black pieces against Carlsen in merely a few months, and the second consecutive improbable win by Niemann against a higher-ranked player in the tournament. Carslen then quit the [[chess]] tournament (the Sinquefield Cup 2022), which is nearly unprecedented, and some infer his comment afterwards to mean that he felt he had been cheated. Niemann denied that he cheated. | + | The '''chess cheating scandal''' of 2022 concerned a highly unlikely ostensible victory on September 4 by a 19-year-old relatively low-ranked player named Hans Niemann, playing with the weaker black pieces, against the greatest player of our time, [[Magnus Carlsen]], while Carlsen was on an unbeaten streak. This was the second improbable defeat by Niemann with the black pieces against Carlsen in merely a few months, and the second consecutive improbable win by Niemann against a higher-ranked player in the tournament. Carslen then quit the [[chess]] tournament (the Sinquefield Cup 2022), which is nearly unprecedented, and some infer his comment afterwards to mean that he felt he had been cheated. Niemann denied that he cheated. |
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| | The odds of a player of Niemann's lower rank defeating the high-ranking Carlsen twice with the black pieces is estimated to be only 1 in 2,500. | | The odds of a player of Niemann's lower rank defeating the high-ranking Carlsen twice with the black pieces is estimated to be only 1 in 2,500. |
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| | ==Analysis of the background of Hans Niemann== | | ==Analysis of the background of Hans Niemann== |
| | As explained by a commentator on chess.com: | | As explained by a commentator on chess.com: |
| − | *Hans Niemann went from a 2400-2500 rating plateau to 2700 and above faster than most of the finest prodigies ([[Magnus Carlsen]], Firouzja, Sarin, and Gukesh). | + | *Hans Niemann went from a 2400-2500 rating plateau to 2700 and above faster than most of the finest prodigies ([[Magnus Carlsen]], Firouzja, Sarin, and Gukesh). "And so Hans' rating at the beginning of 2021 was around 2,500, and now his rating is approximately 2,700 - a really significant, almost unprecedented rise for somebody in that period of time."<ref>https://wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu/2022-09-17/why-chess-fans-are-questioning-19-year-old-hans-niemanns-win-over-magnus-carlsen</ref> |
| | *Hans has admitted to cheating online. | | *Hans has admitted to cheating online. |
| | *at one point, Hans played 4 members of the finest chess players in the world (ratings above 2800 club in a row), easily defeating 3 out of 4 and tying the 4th while nearly defeating him.<ref>https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/do-you-think-hans-is-cheating</ref> | | *at one point, Hans played 4 members of the finest chess players in the world (ratings above 2800 club in a row), easily defeating 3 out of 4 and tying the 4th while nearly defeating him.<ref>https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/do-you-think-hans-is-cheating</ref> |