Chess rivals Magnus Carlsen and Hans Niemann face off in pace chess

Nonetheless due to the Velocity Chess Championships’ round-of-16 bracket, Carlsen will now have to face Niemann throughout the event’s semifinals on Sept. 6. Carlsen beat chess grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi throughout the quarterfinals, whereas Niemann defeated grandmaster Wesley So to attain that spot. The winner of the Carlsen and Niemann match will head into the title match to compete for the best spot and their share of the $175,000 prize pool in Paris, France.

Given the historic previous, the Carlsen and Niemann face-off shall be one among many further anticipated matches throughout the Velocity Chess Championship; the feud goes previous merely accusations on social media. A month after that accusation on X, Niemann took points a step extra and filed a $100 million lawsuit in the direction of Carlsen, arguing that the dishonest accusations had been defamatory; he moreover claimed chess platform Chess.com colluded with Carlsen to ban him from the web page and its events.

Will he get there? That’s exhausting to say. Nonetheless what’s assured is that Carlsen and Niemann every shall be looking for to make a press launch on the chess board on the Velocity Chess Championship in September. Polygon has reached out to every Carlsen and Niemann for comment.