The Saint Louis Chess Club has decided to close its doors to GM Hans Niemann. In the official statement, the club notes that Hans Niemann will no longer be invited to the Saint Louis Chess Club’s closed tournaments due to alleged inappropriate behavior, which includes private property damage, rude comments, and an uncooperative attitude.
“After consideration of recent events, the Saint Louis Chess Club has made the difficult decision not to extend an invitation to GM Hans Niemann to participate in any invitational tournaments organized by the club in 2024. The decision was based on GM Hans Niemann’s demonstrated inappropriate behavior including damaging private property, rude comments, and an uncooperative attitude resulting in a failure to fulfill contractual obligations“, reads the statement which can be seen below.
In response to the statement, Niemann says that Saint Louis Chess Club blacklisted ‘one of America’s brightest talents‘. Read his complete response here.
