HANS NIEMANN (born Jun-20-2003, 21 years old) United States of America [what is this?] Hans Moke Niemann was born in San Francisco, California, moving to the Netherlands at the age of seven for a few years before returning to the US and eventually graduating from Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School, which is known for its chess culture. At the 2015 National Open Niemann, then 11, became the last person to play a rated game against GM Walter Browne, who died shortly after the tournament. Browne won in 35 moves. After winning his first six games, Niemann finished third at the 2018 U16 Olympiad in Konya, Turkey. In December 2018 he won the National K-12 Blitz Championships with a clean score of 12-0.1436 Three days later he went on to tie for first in his grade in the overall K-12 Grade Championships,37 while also tying for first in the bughouse duo,38 achieving a perfect win.11 On March 1, 2019, Niemann first entered the Top 100 Junior players list on position 88. In June 2019, Niemann won the inaugural ChessKid Games hosted by chess.com, accruing 20 straight victories and qualifying for the 2020 Junior Speed Chess Championship. He achieved his third and final GM norm at the Charlotte Chess Center & Scholastic Academy (CCCSA GM Norm Invitational) in October 2020, placing first. FIDE awarded him the title on January 22, 2021. In July 2021, Niemann finished first in the World Open after beating John Burke in a tiebreak playoff. He also achieved a FIDE rating over 2600 for the first time. Later that month, Niemann won the U.S. Junior Championship, thereby qualifying for the 2022 U.S. Chess Championship. As of November 2021, his world ranking was ninth among juniors and 124th overall. Niemann's third-round win against World Champion Magnus Carlsen in the Sinquefield Cup (2022), and its aftermath, sparked worldwide controversy, even in the popular media. The day after the loss, Carlsen withdrew from the tournament, an extraordinary action in a premier round-robin event. Carlsen announced his withdrawal in an enigmatic tweet in which he indicated that he would get in trouble if he said more. This was widely interpreted as an insinuation that Niemann had cheated. Niemann responded with an impassioned interview in which he denied ever having cheated in over-the-board chess, although he admitted having done so several years earlier in online chess. Extensive analysis of Carlsen vs Niemann, 2022, including by anti-cheating expert IM Kenneth Regan, found no evidence that Niemann had cheated. Two weeks later, Carlsen resigned a game against Niemann after just one move. Carlsen later gave an interview in which he stated that he believes that Niemann has cheated more often and more recently than he has admitted. Chess.com published a report in which it stated that Niemann had likely cheated in over 100 games on its website, including prize-money events. In response, Niemann filed a $100 million defamation lawsuit against Carlsen, chess.com and Hikaru Nakamura. On June 27, 2023, a federal judge dismissed the case. On August 28, 2023, Niemann, Carlsen and chess.com announced they had reached a settlement, whose terms included Niemann being fully reinstated on chess.com and able to participate in their events, Carlsen agreeing to play him when paired, and all parties agreeing not to pursue further legal action. Niemann won the Tournament of Peace (2023) by three points, scoring 8-1 and achieving a 2946 performance rating. Reference: https:https://www.twitch.tv/GMHansN Wikipedia article: Hans Niemann https://www.chess.com/news/view/nie... Last updated: 2024-01-24 22:04:56

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page 1 of 48; games 1-25 of 1,187  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Niemann vs R Palmeri 1-0 40 2015 Reykjavik Open A43 Old Benoni 2. A S Rasmussen vs Niemann 1-0 44 2015 Reykjavik Open E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 3. Niemann vs V Stefansson 1-0 61 2015 Reykjavik Open E16 Queen's Indian 4. F Borg vs Niemann 0-1 21 2015 Reykjavik Open B22 Sicilian, Alapin 5. Niemann vs Y Wang 0-1 63 2015 Reykjavik Open D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 6. L Baldvinsson vs Niemann 1-0 84 2015 Reykjavik Open B56 Sicilian 7. Niemann vs L Hansen ½-½ 54 2015 Reykjavik Open E92 King's Indian 8. T Valtysson vs Niemann 0-1 54 2015 Reykjavik Open A48 King's Indian 9. Niemann vs B O Birkisson 1-0 54 2015 Reykjavik Open E16 Queen's Indian 10. J Sequera vs Niemann ½-½ 63 2015 Reykjavik Open B01 Scandinavian 11. K Priyadharshan vs Niemann 1-0 38 2015 9th Philadelphia Open A45 Queen's Pawn Game 12. Niemann vs J Colas 1-0 61 2015 24th Chicago Open A90 Dutch 13. K Griffith vs Niemann 1-0 28 2015 24th Chicago Open B01 Scandinavian 14. Niemann vs V Panchanatham 1-0 104 2015 24th Chicago Open E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 15. A Shen vs Niemann 1-0 31 2015 24th Chicago Open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 16. Niemann vs E Santarius ½-½ 45 2015 24th Chicago Open E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 17. Niemann vs Browne 0-1 35 2015 National Open E15 Queen's Indian 18. A Chandra vs Niemann 1-0 35 2015 99th Edward Lasker Mem C07 French, Tarrasch 19. Niemann vs M Bodek   0-1 24 2015 North American op 25th E30 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad 20. A Chandra vs Niemann ½-½ 85 2016 54th Baltimore Open B01 Scandinavian 21. S Homa vs Niemann 0-1 66 2016 CCCSA IM D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5 22. D E Vigorito vs Niemann 0-1 34 2016 CCCSA IM D76 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6 23. Niemann vs R Martin del Campo 0-1 44 2016 CCCSA IM D70 Neo-Grunfeld Defense 24. A Velikanov vs Niemann 1-0 31 2016 CCCSA IM C07 French, Tarrasch 25. Niemann vs A Young 1-0 74 2016 CCCSA IM A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System  page 1 of 48; games 1-25 of 1,187

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 1 OF 77 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jan-10-20    ketchuplover: 29-0-0 Dec-18-20    BIDMONFA: Hans M Niemann NIEMANN, Hans M. http://www.bidmonfa.com/niemann_han... _ Dec-26-20    FSR: https://denverchess.com/games/view/... Niemann shows how to beat a GM in 22 moves, and become a GM oneself at age 17. Don't capture anything! Since the threat is stronger than the execution, once you threaten to capture something your opponent will resign. I submitted the game to chessgames.com. May-22-21    Albertan: Chess GM roasted by Twitch fans for refusing to pay $5 charity tournament fee https://www.dexerto.com/entertainme... What a cheapskate!! May-22-21    OhioChessFan: Well, at 17, you can be a bit tone deaf. But someone needs to tell him to get over himself. Aug-10-21    Albertan: Niemann Clinches U.S Junior Championship: https://www.chess.com/news/view/han... Aug-10-21    Dionysius1: I agree <OhioChessFan>. It sounds like a teenage tantrum. I expect there are other examples of this kind of thing where very young grandmasters don't have the personal maturity yet. Sep-07-21    EvanTheTerrible: 2500 to 2600 in 3 months. Dec-27-21    takebackok: Congratulations hard work, next year even greater heights! Jan-08-22    mucher1: Last FIDE rating: 2465? Probably more like 2645. Apr-08-22    Albertan: Reykjavik Open:Niemann and Jarmula on 3 out of 3: https://en.chessbase.com/post/reykj... Apr-29-22    Albertan: US and Romanian players win titles at Capablanca chess tournaments: https://www.plenglish.com/news/2022... Apr-30-22    Albertan: Hans Niemann dominâtes Capablanca Mémorial: https://en.chessbase.com/post/niema... May-07-22    diagonal: Let's recap the recent editions of the famous Capablanca Memorial: Winner of the 49th Capablanca Memorial 2014, played in Havana was Wesley So from the Philippines (winning just before he announced changing his Federation to play for the USA). Triumphator of the jubilee 50th Elite edition in 2015, Chinese Yu, Yangyi (born in 1994, the Junior World Champion in 2013 and clear winner of the strong Qatar Masters Open in 2014), became also the first Chinese player to win this traditional tournament. After taking place in the Cuban capital of Havana for around fifteen years, the tournament has moved in 2016 to the beach resort of Varadero. Ukrainian Vassily Ivanchuk took the traditional tournament in great style, his seventh win! Krishnan Sasikiran became the first Indian to win the Capablanca Memorial in its 52th edition, ahead of top seed Ivanchuk and Samuel Shankland who were joint runners-up at Varadero in 2017. Two weeks after his surprising success at the U.S. championship 2018, Sam Shankland went on to win the 53rd Capablanca Memorial in 2018, played again in Havana. The main Elite Group was a six-players double round robin with the average Elo 2649. Shankland won with a score of 7.5/10 and a 2829 Elo performance rating, the American grandmaster entered the world's top 30. On March 18th, 2019, Vassily Ivanchuk turned 50. What better way to celebrate than to travel down to Havana to win his eight tournament title in Cuba at the Capablanca Memorial! After scoring a clutch victory over Baskaran Adhiban from India, Vassily Ivanchuk won his eight Capablanca Memorial title as clear first in 2019. Samuel Sevian and David Anton Guijarro from Spain, shared second place. Due due worldwide Corona Pandemic, there were no Memorials in the years 2020 and 2021. Hans Moke Niemann now won the tournament of 2022 in great style with 7.5/9, unbeaten two full points ahead of Shekhar Ganguly from India, Vasif Durarbayli from Azerbaijan and Cubans Luis Ernesto Quesada Perez Surya who shared second to fourth places. Niemann, a young American grandmaster on fire, his Elo performance rating was 2857. Remember, World Chess Champions Mikhail Tal, Boris Spassky, and Bobby Fischer, all took part at Havana Capablanca Memorial series, but <did not win>. In the sixties (first edition in 1962) up to 1971, a world elite tournament, from 1972 on, switching to other venues (Cienfuegos, Matanzas, et al.), much weaker, especially during the 1980s. In the 21st century, the Capablanca Memorial certainly is (again) a major International Invitation tournament. Capablanca Memorial series today does not feature current top ten players, but it offers former and future top players a chance to gain profile. Nothing against these rabbits (sorry for my bad english, it's my fourth language) and online contests with mostly the same current top ten / top twenty players, but the long time running Capablanca Memorial, or the Biel Chess Festival (as a Swiss by random, I'm biased in that case), they have history!! It would be appropriate, if Chessgames uploads the games of the Capa Elite tournament (the other groups, called Premier, etc., sometimes also an Open, are more of local character). Just arbitrarily and silently months later (as it happened with the closed Dortmund invitation tournament from 2021, Eljanov won outright), or not at all so far (Biel Chess Festival, GMT 2021, Kamsky won the overall combined Triathlon tournament, eight players from eight nations), will reduce the cg. community's liveliness. May-26-22    EvanTheTerrible: Cruising to 2700 Sep-04-22    EvanTheTerrible: Crossed 2700 (on the live list) with a win over Magnus today. Sep-04-22    MissScarlett: <Hans Niemann @HansMokeNiemann The greatest pleasure in life is doing something people say you cannot do. 6:25 PM · Jun 13, 2022> https://twitter.com/HansMokeNiemann... Sep-05-22    Chessius the Messius: <OhioChessFan> Well, it seems your pedantry did not age too well. To speak of it softly. I would not start about immaturity of men who behave as if they think that they are mice instead of men, but in the meanwhile are challenging lions, and assume the Moon is made of cheese on top of all that precooked nonsense. Well.. what goes around, comes around. As they say. Sep-05-22    stone free or die: <This is truly a humbling day for me. I am eternally grateful for the opportunity to play chess at the highest level and live out my dreams. A few years ago, my chess dreams were quickly dwindling but thankfully they rose from the dead. This is only the beginning...> https://twitter.com/HansMokeNiemann... Sep-05-22    maxi: The things Niemann says sound suspicious as hell. Sep-06-22    perfidious: <diagonal....Remember, World Chess Champions Mikhail Tal, Boris Spassky, and Bobby Fischer, all took part at Havana Capablanca Memorial series, but <did not win>....> While true as far as the actual statement goes, this is disingenuous; Fischer competed by telex in that venture to Havana and, therefore, had clearly longer sessions in his games overall than did his opponents with all the extra mental and physical strain, yet managed to finish a mere half-point short of first. Sep-06-22    stone free or die: Here's a whole boat load of Niemann - analyzing his game against Carlsen with Alejandro Ramirez: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCe... Clearly he and Ramirez are very much at ease with each other, joking and slightly egging each other here and there. I presume they know each other well, correct? . Sep-06-22    stone free or die: The quote I like best: "It's showing that I'm not bad at this game." . Sep-06-22    stone free or die: Naka's critique of the Niemann video above: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETz... . Sep-06-22    MissScarlett: No, that concerns Niemann's analysis of the Alireza game. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 77) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 1 OF 77 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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