Hans Niemann received his third consecutive sport on the US Chess Championship after defeating Samuel Sevian in Wednesday’s twelfth spherical.
Whereas all video games involving Niemann are actually intently watched, debated, and analysed, an uncommon state of affairs arose through the sport towards Sevian which confirmed the gamers speaking and Niemann, seemingly irritated.
Sevian picked up Nimeann’s King from the board, and it appeared he was making an attempt to repair the King’s crown. Niemann protested and requested for his King again.
Within the post-game interview, Niemann defined it was a misunderstanding between the gamers. “The pin of the King was fallen off, so he’s simply picked it up, however I used to be only a bit irritated as a result of it was on my time“.
He revealed that Samuel wished to attach the piece, however the sport continued as quickly as he put the King again on the board.
Fabiano Caruana, who earlier nicknamed the 2022 US Chess Championship “The 2022 Disrespect Championship“, commented on the incident of Sevian selecting up Niemann’s King, saying that the disrespect simply reached its peak. “The disrespect simply reached its peak. Sam decapitated Hans’ king“, wrote Caruana on his twitter account.
The disrespect simply reached its peak. Sam decapitated Hans’ king
— Fabiano Caruana (@FabianoCaruana) October 18, 2022
When requested in regards to the event to this point, Niemann added that this can be very tough to play underneath the stress that he felt from the start of the occasion:
Niemann has been within the limelight ever since world champion Magnus Carlsen accused him of dishonest.
“As I stated through the Sinquefield Cup, taking part in chess underneath distinctive situations or unstable situations is extraordinarily tough. However I believe that after I misplaced three video games like an fool I form of realized I’m not going to win the event so I relaxed a bit. And I additionally form of realized I actually hate dropping a lot. It retains me up at evening, and I wished to sleep. So I made a decision to play higher chess.
“And I additionally don’t wish to give anybody the satisfaction of watching me lose,” he stated.