A scandal of proportions has been going on for a couple of weeks Chess of elite. The suspicions of treason weigh on the young American grandmaster hans niemann Since his victory in the third round of the Sinquefield Cup on the chess king, Magnus Carlson. After that face-to-face defeat, the world champion withdrew from the event and sowed elliptical doubts about the “cleanliness” of his rival’s game, of which even an unusual version spoke of receiving information via anal chips. Yes, just as it reads. And everything went out of control this Monday, when the Norwegian pulled out of a game on line in front of Niemann after just two playswithout giving explanations.

It was the sixth round of the tournament Julius Baer Generation Cupwhich is played online, belongs to the Champions Tour and is organized by Chess24.coma company of which Carlsen is one of the largest shareholders.

19-year-old Niemann opened with a queen pawn (1.d4), Carlsen responded by bringing his knight to f6 and when white continued with 2.c4, the European resigned. And without saying a word, turned off the computer’s camerato the surprise of all those who followed the duel, which had aroused great anticipation among fans for what happened on September 5th in St. Louis, in the United States.

In the Sinquefield Cup, Carlsen had lost to White and the American cut him off from two years of unbeaten and 53 fast-paced wins.

That victory allowed Niemann to break through the 2,700 point barrier for the first time. ELO in the world rankings.

The day after the defeat, the Norwegian announced that he would be leaving the race. “I have retired from the tournament. I have always enjoyed playing at the St. Louis Chess Club and hope to return in the future,” he wrote on his Instagram account. Twitterin which it has more than 740 thousand followers.

The message hinted that there was something else behind it, because it was accompanied by an old video of José Mourinhoin which the Portuguese football manager said: “I prefer not to talk. If I talk, I get into trouble. And I don’t want to be in trouble.”