He just refused to play against him. You don’t need to talk to make a comment.
I don’t understand how an adult can defend Magnus there. As a public figure his attitude is simply shocking.
I don’t understand how an adult can defend Magnus there. As a public figure his attitude is simply shocking.
For a public figure his response is unusually quiet and calm to me. Though I'm not into chess so I don't know how it is perceived from that angle.
The crux seems to be that a genetl(wo)man would either directly accuse, or remain silent. What M.Carlsen is doing is de-facto accusing while saying "don't look at me, I didn't say it out loud". It's so... un.. hacker.. style.