Hikaru Nakamura addressed the new chess drama related to Hans Niemann and Saint Louis Chess Club during his live stream: “The drama never ends“! Nakamura read the Saint Louis Chess Club statement with the decision to ban Hans Niemann from the club’s invitational events and shortly commented that the chess world is on fire.
Everything is happening just a few days after Hans Niemann defeated Hikaru Nakamura to clinch Titled Tuesday. After the tournament, Niemann challenged Nakamura to a charity match.
During the stream, Nakamura simultaneously spoke about the recent happenings at the Chessable Masters 2024, when Denis Lazavik defeated Ian Nepomniachtchi with a convincing 2-0, and the chess world got tilted about the potential new cheating allegations. See the video below.
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