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Hans Niemann: What happened to him? Has the Grand Master admitted cheating?

Due to Hans Niemann’s suspicion of fraud against Magnus Carlsen, his name is currently popular on the Internet. He had a successful career in the industry from a young age.

Hans Niemann, chess grandmaster and Twitch live streamer, was born in the United States. The grandmaster title was officially awarded to him by FIDE on January 22, 2021.

In July 2021 he emerged victorious at the World Open Chess Tournament in Philadelphia. Niemann made his debut in the Top 100 Junior Players list on March 1, 2019, ranking 88th overall.

As of the month of September 2022, he is ranked 45th overall and sixth among juniors around the world. A place for Niemann at the 2012 Dutch Youth Chess Championship was earned by Niemann.

In December 2012, Niemann competed in a ranked event in the United States for the first time. Less than four months later, he entered the SuperNationals V competition in Nashville with a rating of 1486 and a score of 4/7.

Was Hans Niemann wrongly accused of chess cheating?

During the game between Hans Niemann and Magnus Carlsen, Niemann is said to have cheated. He was honest enough to say that he had cheated in the past.

Carlsen, the current world champion, was surprised by Hans’ victory against him with his pieces in the $500,000 USD Sinquefield Cup played on Sunday. Hans then made the decision to change his behavior.

The chess player claimed that in his youth he behaved unethically by using computer assisted games to play chess online. In an important interview on Tuesday evening, Niemann not only made allegations against Carlsen, but also against other people.

Carlsen withdrew from the competition less than twenty-four hours after losing to Niemann in the third round, causing confusion and uproar in the chess community.

Shortly thereafter, Nakamura revealed that Niemann had been suspended in the past, before making the shocking statement that Carlsen resigned because he believed Niemann had “probably cheated”. Carlsen had pulled out because Niemann had been suspended in the past.

Career highlights of Hans Niemann and his intelligence quotient in chess

In a tweet, Hans Niemann claimed his IQ was 97. The impressive numbers he has accumulated throughout his career show that he has exceeded his own expectations.

Niemann has been a member of the Professional Chess League since 2017 and will compete for the Saint Louis Arch Bishops in 2019, the Norway Gnomes in 2020 and the Las Vegas Desert Rats in 2017.

In the third round of the 2022 Sinquefield Cup, Niemann prevailed over Carlsen by using the Nimzo-Indian Defense along with the Dark Stones. Thanks to this triumph, Niemann’s live rating rose above 2700 for the first time.

In March 2022, Niemann made his way into the top 100 chess players list by placing 98th on standard time control. He was also recognized as the 12th best American.

In April 2021, the name Niemann appeared prominently on the cover of Chess Life Magazine. The story that appeared on the cover described Niemann’s rise to Grandmaster.

A glimpse into Hans Niemann’s private life, including his age and wife

Hans Niemann is in the prime of life to start a family with his future spouse. As in 2022, he has not yet reached the age of 19.

Niemann was born in San Francisco, California to a family of Hawaiian and Danish descent. Despite his tender years, he was quite adept at chess.

Before moving to the Netherlands at the age of seven, he was a student at Top of the World Elementary School in Laguna Beach, California. At the age of eight, Niemann began his chess career while he was a student at the Leonardoschool, a specialized institution in Utrecht, Netherlands.

After returning to California at the age of ten, he attended Del Rey Elementary School in Orinda to complete his elementary education.

In 2019, he uprooted his life and moved to New York City, where he completed his formal education at the chess-focused Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School. He had previously called the town of Weston, Connecticut his home.

education

Born in San Francisco, California, Niemann has roots in both Hawaii and Denmark. Before moving to the Netherlands at age 7, he attended Top of the World Elementary School in Laguna Beach, California. Niemann started playing chess at the age of 8 and attended a special school called Leonardoschool in Utrecht, Netherlands. After moving back to California at the age of 10, he attended Del Rey Elementary School in Orinda to finish first grade.

In 2019 he moved to New York City and finished his schooling at Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School, known for its love of chess. He lived in Weston, Connecticut and attended Weston High School.

career in chess

Niemann secured a spot at the 2012 Dutch National Youth Chess Championship.

Niemann, who taught himself to play, increased his Elo rating from around 2450 to 2650 in just over 3 years after returning to the US. He is not taught anything.

Niemann played his first ranked event in the United States in December 2012. He went to the 2013 SuperNationals V in Nashville, Tennessee with a rating of 1486 and a score of 4/7 less than 4 months later.

2014

Niemann attended his first US Chess School camp in St. Louis with coaches Greg Shahade and John Bartholomew when he was 10 years old. His rating at the time was just under 2000.

Niemann earned the title of USCF Master on December 16, 2014 when he won the Mechanics’ Institute Chess Club Tuesday Night Marathon. This was the country’s first chess club. Niemann was the youngest winner ever.

Niemann competed at the 2014 World Youth Chess Championships in Durban, South Africa. He was in the U12 division and won 6 of his 11 games. Earlier this year he lost to Annie Wang at the National Junior Chess Congress in Irvine. This broke the 18-year record and made Wang the youngest FIDE master.

2015

Niemann defeated GM Walter Browne in a ranked match at the 2015 National Open of the Las Vegas International Chess Festival. Niemann was only 11 years old at the time. GM Browne died shortly after the competition ended. After 35 moves, Browne was the winner.

2016

Niemann has been on the US Chess Federation All-America Chess Team since 2016.

Niemann went to the 2016 Saint Louis Invitational as an IM norm after becoming an FM in early 2016. Along with Carissa Yip, he was one of the younger people there.

At the 2016 North American Youth Championship, Niemann received his first IM norm and placed first in the U18 division.

2017

Niemann won the K-8 division at the 2017 SuperNationals VI. His rating was 2412, making him the top seed for the tournament.

Niemann finished third at the 2018 U16 Olympics in Konya, Turkey, despite winning his first six games in a row.

2018

Niemann competed in the 2018 US Masters Championship in August, where he earned his first GM norm and second IM norm.

Later in August 2018, Niemann received his final IM norm at the Cambridge IM Norm Invitational. That was the last thing he had to do to earn the title of International Master.

In December 2018, he won the National K-12 Blitz Championships 12-0. Three days later, he placed first in his class at the K-12 grade championships, winning every single match in the Bughouse duo.

2019

Niemann won the first ChessKid Games hosted by Chess.com in June 2019. He won 20 games in a row and secured a spot at the 2020 Junior Speed ​​Chess Championship.

Niemann won the 2019 Foxwoods Open Blitz by a record 10-0, meaning he has never lost a game. At the 2019 US Junior Championships, Niemann, then Connecticut’s top junior, tied for sixth place.

Niemann finished ninth out of 78 at the U16 Open at the 2019 World Youth Championship, despite leading the first eight of the 11 rounds and having a performance number over 2600.

Niemann went 12-0 in the Blitz Championship, 10-0 in the Bughouse Duo competition and 7-0 in the Grade 11 Championship at the 2019 Grade Nationals. His 29-0 score was perfect.

Niemann attended the 103rd Edward Lasker Memorial in November 2019. He took the same first place and earned his second GM norm.

2020

Niemann placed sixth at the American Continental Selection Open for the 2020 FIDE World Youth Championship.

He won the GM Norm Invitational at the Charlotte Chess Center & Scholastic Academy in October 2020. This was his third and final GM norm.

His third norm was to come at the GM Berger tournament at the 3rd Summer Chess Festival in Belgrade in 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament had to be postponed.

He won the 75th annual Texas State and Amateur Championship held in Fort Worth, Texas in November 2020.

Niemann won the blitz event at the VII Sunway Sitges International Chess Festival in December 2020, later reaching the 2500 Elo mark required to be called a grandmaster.

2021

He took third place at the Vergani Cap, held in January 2021 in Bassano del Grappa, Italy. At the Serbian winter chess festival “Paracin 2021” in February he won the competitions in blitz (10.5/11) and in the classic round robin (7.0/10).

In April 2021, Niemann was on the cover of Chess Life Magazine. The cover story was about how Niemann became a grandmaster.

In cover stories with Chess Life Podcast, which ran to coincide with the issue, he detailed how he won the title.

Niemann won the 2021 World Open, which was held in Philadelphia. He beat John Burke in the tiebreak to take the title. Niemann also achieved a rating of 2600 after leveling with Ukrainian grandmaster Illia Nyzhnyk in that competition. He was able to compete in the 2022 US Chess Championship by winning the US Junior Championship held by the Saint Louis Chess Club later that same month.

At the 121st US Open Chess Championship, held in Cherry Hill, New Jersey in August 2021, Niemann finished second (8.0/9), behind GM Aleksandr Lenderman (8.5/9).

Niemann finished 52nd out of 108 players at the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2021, held in Latvia in October and November 2021.

2022

Niemann became one of the top 100 chess players in the world in March 2022 when he placed 98th in a traditional time control. He was also the 12th best American player.

Niemann and his opponent Jan-Krzysztof Duda had problems with Duda’s laptop in the first round of the FTX Crypto Cup. In Niemann’s second-round match against reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen, the black pieces won the first game. Chess “speaks for itself,” said Niemann in a later interview. Niemann ended up losing every match he had in the tournament.

In the third round of the 2022 Sinquefield Cup, Niemann beat Carlsen again with the black pieces and the Nimzo-Indian Defence. Niemann’s live rating rose above 2700 for the first time after this win. After that, Carlsen left the cup.

Fast Facts

Full name	Hans Moke Niemann
status	chess grandmaster
Age	19 years old
rank	45th overall