Breaking news: Magnus resigns after move one

During their match in the Julius Baer Generation Cup, Carlsen and Niemann were playing online, using Chess24 and Microsoft Teams to broadcast the games and images. In his game against Niemann, Carlsen played a single move and then resigned, turning off his webcam without saying anything.

The resignation took commentators Peter Leko and Tania Sachdev completely by surprise, as it did Alejandro Ramirez and David Howell. You can watch it happen here:

You can also watch the dramatic reactions of Peter Leko and Tania Sachdev in this Tweet. It is priceless.Our full report and a big interview with a leading expert will follow soon.

Here are a few mainstream news reports:

Forbes: World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen Resigns From Match After Just One Move Against Player At Center Of ‘Cheating’ Scandal.
The Guardian: Magnus Carlsen resigns from rematch with Hans Niemann after opening move
Der Spiegel: Schach-Weltmeister Carlsen sorgt für nächsten Eklat

Rounds 5-8

The tournament, which is taking place on September 18-25, features four days of preliminaries, where the 16 participants play each other once at rapid chess with a time control of 15 minutes plus 10-second increments, before the top 8 go forward to the knockout stages.

The knockout features 4-game matches, one each for the quarterfinals and semifinals, and two matches for the final. If still tied, there are two 5+3 blitz games followed, if needed, by an Armageddon game, where White has 5 minutes to Black’s 4, but Black only needs a draw.

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