From November 19-26, Jerusalem will host the World Championship, in which six teams (only four players per match) from 12 countries participate. It is a huge surprise and a huge outrage to have the name of Hans Niemann on the US list, who was accused by the Norwegian world champion Magnus Carlsen of cheating after a party that went down in the scandalous history of the sport in the name of “the anal pearl affair”. “.
It would be the 19-year-old’s first appearance since he sued those who declared him fraud – as well as Carlsen, US chess players, Hirako Nakamura and Danny Rench – for more than HUF 40 billion. Need to know: Nieman is only 8th in the US rating. Although some of the best chess players often walk away from the World Team Chess Championship, it is not known whether this time Neiman joined the team because of a better withdrawal from him, or on the contrary: because of him, more people joined. No commitment to participate in the World Championship.
One thing is for sure, according to the current situation, with 2,699 live points, he will be the first US board player. The question is whether all opponents are willing to sit at the table against him.
Who should be better than him
Based on the latest world rankings, this would be the strongest American team: 5. Wesley Sue 2774, 6. Hirako Nakamura 2768, 8. Fabiano Caruana 2763, 10. Levon Aronian 2755, 12. Liner Dominguez Perez 2747, 32. Sam Shankland 2712,
