“ The shock resignation sent the chess world buzzing with speculation about Carlsen's motives.
It comes weeks after Carlsen, the reigning world champion, spectacularly withdrew from the Sinquefield Cup
in St. Louis after losing to Niemann, who was enjoying black.
Carlson (top proper) made a single transfer together with his king's knight before resigning from the match,
stunning announcer Peter Leko (center bottom), who mentioned 'No.
Magnus Carlsen, 31, stunned spectators at the Julius Baer Generation Cup,
held virtually on the web chess platform Chess24, by withdrawing after a single
move against 19-yr-old Hans Niemann. On Monday, throughout a preliminary round in the online tournament, Carlsen caught
announcers by shock when he made a single move with
black, after which conceded defeat and logged out
of the match. Announcers at the occasion had been left speechless on the unheard-of resignation, which signaled that Carlsen supposed to play in the
tournament, however refused to play a match against Niemann. ”