Chess federation feels Magnus Carlsen's 'match-fixing video' was a 'joke': 'Regulations were not perfect'
Magnus Carlsen had faced match-fixing allegations after a video of him seemingly pre-arranging a draw with Ian Nepomniachtchi in the World Blitz Championship 2024 had gone viral. FIDE Arkady Dvorkovich has now defended Carlsen and said that the world No.1's conversation in the video was a 'joke'.
Magnus Carlsen had faced match-fixing allegations after a video of him seemingly pre-arranging a draw with Ian Nepomniachtchi in the World Blitz Championship 2024 had gone viral. FIDE Arkady Dvorkovich has now defended Carlsen and said that the world No.1's conversation in the video was a 'joke'.
