卡尔森对尼曼涉嫌作弊事件发出正式声明

本文来自公众号“国际象棋动态”

今天凌晨3：35分，卡尔森在推特发布一篇声明，对汉斯·尼曼涉嫌作弊一事进行正式回应，以下为声明全文：

Dear Chess World,
At the 2022 Sinquefield Cup, I made the unprecedented professional decision to withdraw from the tournament after my round three game against Hans Niemann. A week later during the Champions Chess Tour, I resigned against Hans Niemann after playing only one move.

I know that my actions have frustrated many in the chess community. I'm frustrated. I want to play chess. I want to continue to play chess at the highest level in the best events.

I believe that cheating in chess is a big deal and an existential threat to the game. I also believe that chess organizers and all those who care about the sanctity of the game we love should seriously consider increasing security measures and methods of cheat detection for over the board chess. When Niemann was invited last minute to the 2022 Sinquefield Cup, I stronglyconsidered withdrawing prior to the event. I ultimately chose to play.

I believe that Niemann has cheated more - and more recently - than he has publicly admitted. His over the board progress has been unusual, and throughout our game in the Sinquefield Cup I had the impression that he wasn't tense or even fully concentrating on the game in critical positions, while outplaying me as black in a way I think only a handful of players can do.This game contributed to changing my perspective.

We must do something about cheating, and for my part going forward, I don't want to playagainst people that have cheated repeatedly in the past, because I don't know what they are capable of doing in the future.

There is more that I would like to say. Unfortunately, at this time I am limited in what I can say without explicit permission from Niemann to speak openly. So far I have only been able to speakwith my actions, and those actions have stated clearly that I am not willing to play chess with Niemann. I hope that the truth on this matter comes out, whatever it may be.

Sincerely,
Magnus Carlsen - World Chess Champion

以下为谷歌翻译：

亲爱的国际象棋世界， 

在2022年辛克菲尔德杯比赛中，我做出了一个史无前例的职业决定，在与汉斯尼曼的第三轮对局之后宣布退赛，并且在一周后的冠军巡回赛上，我与尼曼只下了一回合便认输了。

我知道我的做法让国际象棋界的许多人感到沮丧。我也同样感到很沮丧。我想要下棋。我想在最好的赛事中继续以最高水平下棋。

我相信在国际象棋中作弊是一件大事，是对本项运动的生存威胁。我也相信国际象棋赛事组织者和所有关心热爱的国际象棋的人们应该认真考虑增加线下赛安全措施和作弊检测方法。当尼曼在最后一刻被邀请参加2022年辛克菲尔德杯时，我就已经强烈考虑选择退赛了，但我最终选择了继续参赛。

我相信尼曼作弊的次数比他公开承认的要多 —— 他在场上的进步非同寻常，在我们辛克菲尔德杯的比赛中，我的感觉是他在关键时刻并不紧张甚至在关键局面中都没有用尽全力思考，同时以一种我认为只有极少数棋手能做到的方式，并且是用黑棋把我赢下。正是这一局棋让我改变对尼曼的看法。

我们必须对作弊做点什么，就我而言，我不想与有多次作弊记录的棋手下棋，因为我不知道他们将来还会做出什么事情。

我想说的还有很多。不幸的是，在未经尼曼明确许可公开发言之前，我能说的只有这么多。到目前为止，我只能用我的实际行动表明态度，我明确表明我不愿意和尼曼对弈。我只希望尽早得知此事件的真相。

此致敬礼，
国际象棋世界冠军 -- 卡尔森