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Magnus Carlsen honestly just comes off as a salty loser.

Yes, he's the best player in the chess community/world. Yes, this Hans guy has cheated in the past. The possibility of Hans cheating is reasonable, and if that turns out to be the case - which is pretty likely - then fine. But even then, Carlsen has been nothing but a giant bitch in all of this.

He spent a week or two throwing around pithy insinuations instead of making a formal accusation. He faced Hans in a rematch and quit after two turns, which fucked up a tournament they were both competing in. He's tackled this entire thing incredibly gracelessly, and if he had the fortitude and an actual leg to stand on regarding what he was hinting at ever since he lost, he would have just outright said that Hans was a cheater. The rumours kicked off specifically because, after his loss, he made a few barely disguised inferences about Niemann cheating.

"But he needed time to really mull it over and make a sensible declaration" - I agree, but that's not what he did. He kept taking potshots, and he even rematched this alleged cheater just to quit the game and cause more drama. He has been the biggest bitch in all of this, and if he wants to keep furthering this anal beads rumor and being a smug prick about it, I hope his reputation is impacted by how much of a douchebag he's being.

I'll hear out Hans Niemann, but the likelihood of him cheating is pretty high. That being said? I hope Magnus Carlsen comes out of this looking rotten too. This isn't a defence of Niemann so much as it is a condemnation of Carlsen's shitty attitude. What an asshole.