Classical, a lot of drawing. Freestyle, a lot of withdrawing #TweetOftheDay
Hans Niemann has withdrawn last minute and Nodirbek Abdusattorov will replace him. The news comes right after the official meeting today at 19:00 CET. In a message exchange seen by Norwegian TV 2, it appears that Niemann is withdrawing shortly after he was informed that organizer and billionaire Jan Henric Buettner has invested in new security equipment to be able to detect cheating. This is a developing story and you can follow all the details here or on Chessdom’s Twitter/X page.
Anish Giri comes with the punch line of the day, “Classical, a lot of drawing. Freestyle, a lot of withdrawing”
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