Hans Niemann beats Levon Aronian in 21 moves

aronain seems to be crashing hard since hitting 40 - he will be lucky to remain over 2700 in the next few years trying to rely on lazy systems like the e6 Sicilian which relies on white being equally lazy and can be demolished by decent preperation . Be2 might seem wierd, as it is a double move in the opening that we are all told that GMs would never play, but the position had changed since he initially played to d3 and it was a necessary move to avoid cheap shots.

Rather: "Stockfish 16 beats Levon Aronian in 21 moves"

Hans is using his bad rep as leverage, let me explain:
Playing against someone who you suspect is cheating is super hard. I remember tournaments in which I started playing badly after...
opponent visited 7 times the toilet in 3hs.
opponent chatting to team leader too much and far from board. It is legal to consult about a possible draw, but this was not the case.
Playing against a club member who would use the engine in the middle of a master class to solve a puzzle before anyone else to show-off and who had all his online accounts closed.
In all these cases I played well under my level, and no cheating was required to beat me.

are those strange moves what engine chooses to play in that position?if not,i think maybe there is a new genius in the top class chess world

@Oportunist said in #37:
> are those strange moves what engine chooses to play in that position?if not,i think maybe there is a new genius in the top class chess world
Hans chose a strange move, 12 g4, to (successfully) disturb his opponent. Quite a Machiavellian move, pun intended.
Levon's blunder came right after that.

Всем привет кто ни буть говорит по руски? а то все говорят по англиски.

"Chess speaks for itself!"