"He's suing Hikaru too?!?": Andrea Botez reacts to Hans Niemann's defamation lawsuit against Magnus Carlsen and Chess.com
Andrea Botez, co-owner of Twitch channel BotezLive, has commented on Hans Niemann's defamation lawsuit against grandmaster Magnus Carlsen, streamer Hikaru Nakamura, and Chess.com.
Carlsen accused Niemann of cheating after losing to him in the 2022 Sinquefield Cup last month. Chess.com then published a report saying the 19-year-old likely cheated in more than 100 online games.
Niemann is clearly not taking the allegations lying down and has decided to sue all the parties involved, including Nakamura, who commented on the controversy in a video.
Addressing the cheating scandal and subsequent lawsuit, Botez said in her latest Twitch stream:
Hans Niemann has been the subject of cheating allegations for quite some time. He even had to defend himself on post-match talk shows during the 2022 Sinquefield Cup after winning against Magnus Carlsen.
Niemann insisted that while he had resorted to cheating in online games in the past, he had never cheated in over-the-board games.
At the 16th-minute mark of the video above, Niemann admitted to cheating as a child:
Amid the allegations, American grandmaster and streamer Hikaru Nakamura commented on the scandal, which clearly did not sit well with Niemann.
The video below contains Nakamura's comments on the controversy.
During her Twitch stream, Andrea Botez stated that Nakamura played a part in "stirring" the metaphorical pot, causing many people to accuse Niemann of cheating.
Botez also expressed relief that she had stayed away from the scandal:
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As a veritable giant in the chess world, Magnus Carlsen's reputation is infallible.
The Norwegian withdrew from the Sinquefield Cup following his loss to Hans Niemann and later took to Twitter to post a GIF of football manager Jose
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