![]() ![]() ![]() On Wednesday, a federation official, Dana Reizniece-Ozola, said the report was delayed because the organization “has decided to hold the matter in abeyance until at least October of this year pending possible further developments in the civil suit between the parties.” Now, the wait for answers just got a lot longer. The report, which was completed in February, was originally supposed to be published in April, according to a post on the organization’s blog. Carlsen implied that his opponent was surreptitiously playing moves relayed from an outside source, something Niemann strenuously denied.Īs the controversy at the prestigious Sinquefield Cup became international news, the International Chess Federation, known as FIDE, which is the governing body for the game, promised a full investigation. In September, when the five-time world chess champion Magnus Carlsen accused a 19-year-old American player named Hans Niemann of cheating at a tournament in St. ![]()
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