@Chesserroo2 said in #15:
Hans should be happy he is allowed to play in tournaments. He is not owed forgiveness. If a few people who worked hard and honestly to get where they are don't want to play against him, they have that right. The tournaments should stop matching Hans with Magnus.
This is not an unreasonable perspective. I am inclined to agree somewhat based on the words you have said. But if you consider that Niemann may not have contravened Fide regulations, then it becomes harder to justify. Plus you also have to consider that Magnus undisputedly cheated online, and on video.
Can you think of a sport where a player or team has withdrawn due to cheating speculations, even founded allegations? What are people outside of chess going to think of that? And his new company, PMG/chess.con's maligning free-for-all, the abysmal lewd accusations, and the cynical way the the agitators have acted, attacking Hans with such toxic imagination. I don't think I would expect any 19 year old to have to go through that.
Hans Niemann may be owed no forgiveness for cheating online as a kid, but I think the instigators of this fiasco do owe more than just an apology.
@Chesserroo2 said in #15:
> Hans should be happy he is allowed to play in tournaments. He is not owed forgiveness. If a few people who worked hard and honestly to get where they are don't want to play against him, they have that right. The tournaments should stop matching Hans with Magnus.
This is not an unreasonable perspective. I am inclined to agree somewhat based on the words you have said. But if you consider that Niemann may not have contravened Fide regulations, then it becomes harder to justify. Plus you also have to consider that Magnus undisputedly cheated online, and on video.
Can you think of a sport where a player or team has withdrawn due to cheating speculations, even founded allegations? What are people outside of chess going to think of that? And his new company, PMG/chess.con's maligning free-for-all, the abysmal lewd accusations, and the cynical way the the agitators have acted, attacking Hans with such toxic imagination. I don't think I would expect any 19 year old to have to go through that.
Hans Niemann may be owed no forgiveness for cheating online as a kid, but I think the instigators of this fiasco do owe more than just an apology.