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Niemann hit out at the FIDE for giving into financial reasons as the base for permitting such a result and being controlled by Carlsen. Niemann also expressed his displeasure with the FIDE giving into the whims and fancies of the Norwegian.
Hans Nieman, Magnus Carlsen.
American GM Hans Niemann slammed FIDE over Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi opting to share the World Blitz Title in New York after the game between the two couldn’t be separated.
Carlsen proposed the idea to Nepomniachtchi and the players scripted history as they became the first to share the title.
Niemann hit out at the FIDE for giving into financial reasons as the base for permitting such a result and being controlled by Carlsen.
“There’s one world champion. It’s not a title that you can just “share”,” Niemann began.
“The chess world is officially a joke. This has never been done in history,” he added.
Niemann also expressed his displeasure with the FIDE giving into the whims and fancies of the Norwegian for a second time in a week after Carlsen was permitted to compete in the Blitz event despite his qualification from the Rapid event due to breaching dress code.
However, FIDE chief cleared him to take part in the second part of the World Rapid and Blitz Championship following an alteration of the rules to permit some flexibility in the dress code.
“I can’t believe that the official body of chess is being controlled by a singular player for the 2nd time this week,” the American added.
“There can only be one World Champion,” he reiterated.
“Money and power corrupts absolutely. The unfortunate reality being proven true yet again,” the 21-year-old said.
He took the example of the same being transposed to a US Open final in order to shed light on the absurdity of the call.
“Imagine a US Open Final, Alcaraz and Sinner decide to just share first and the organisers make up a new rule for the first time in history for them because of financial threats?”
The American went on to state that the FIDE failed to remain unbiased and seemed to bend to the will of the Norwegia GM.
“FIDE goes from forfeiting Carlsen to creating an entirely new rule. Seems like the the regulatory body of chess, has no intention of being unbiased. They seem to only care about what one player thinks,” he added.
Niemann added that he would strive to make it to the final to ensure such a result does not come to pass yet again.
“I’ll be working my heart out to make it to the final next year to ensure that no “Championships” are arbitrarily “shared”. Onwards.”
“How people react to this will show you who pays their bills, pay close attention,” he added.
“If you find yourself disagreeing with me, imagine I didn’t say it and then think about it again. You might realize that I’m right sometimes,” he added.
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