Carlsen.

Photo: By Eric Rosen (ChessBase)

A new controversy beyond the boards has the Norwegian

Magnus Carlsen

as its protagonist , after his unexpected decision to leave the San Luis 2022 Sinquefield Chess Cup, in the United States.

The current world champion lost this Monday against the host Hans Niemann during the third round of the prestigious event and saw his chain of 53 classical games cut short without knowing defeat.

The Scandinavian genius announced his withdrawal from the appointment through his Twitter account, adding the link to a video in which the Portuguese coach José Mourinho is heard saying the following phrase: “I prefer not to speak, if I speak, I am in a big problem. ”.

"I've always liked playing here and I hope to come back in the future," Carlsen added, clearly acknowledging that his annoyance had nothing to do with the tournament.

However, the real reasons remain a mystery.

I've withdrawn from the tournament.

I've always enjoyed playing in the @STLChessClub, and hope to be back in the future https://t.co/YFSpl8er3u

— Magnus Carlsen (@MagnusCarlsen) September 5, 2022


Due to the way events unfolded, not a few see Niemann as the cause, since he is a player disqualified before in tournaments developed 

online

.

The 19-year-old and number 49 in the world ranking was cut off from participating in two tournaments played through Internet platforms, in which  anti-cheat

software

is applied  to detect the percentage of movements made that coincide with those recommended by systems of computerized analysis.

Even Carlsen, a Science Game geek and active in this type of jousting, has been unable to maintain the precision of a computer.

"Niemann played almost perfectly, with the level of Kasparov, Fischer or Carlsen, the first three games of the Sinquefield Cup," a grandmaster who preferred anonymity told Marca, but who seems to corroborate the Norwegian's sentiment.

The game in question ended after 57 moves of a Ninzo-Indian Defense and to his credit the American clarified that it was a line he knew perfectly well.

“Perhaps Magnus should have consulted the database of my games to verify that he was very familiar to me,” he added.

The truth is that the tournament, endowed with 350,000 dollars in prizes, was left with nine players and marked by the shadow of a doubt.

Delaying the online

transmission 

 for 15 minutes compared to real time and deepening the controls that allow identifying any type of communication using radio frequency bands in the gaming environment, are some of the measures implemented for the remainder of the celebration.

Carlsen first won the universal title in 2013 and has successfully defended it four other times.

Although he had given some clues, last July he officially announced that he did not feel motivated enough to face a new match for the crown, so he would vacate the world chess throne.

Perhaps that is why it is not so unwise to ask: Is this retreat a new eccentricity of the Norwegian genius?

(Taken from JIT)