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Carlsen's acting with strong compulsion that Niemann is a cheater.

Withdrawing from a round-robin and losing a game on purpose are quite strong indications of this.

It's obviously a bad situation for the chess world. ... But, I think if you strongly believe cheating is going on without being addressed, protest seems an entirely understandable.

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That still does not mean what he's doing is the right thing to do.

Yes! This isn't the middle ages anymore. To accuse someone, you'd imagine that they would actually lie up evidence that he is cheating. This seems like a weird witch hunt.

Nit: the literal witch hunts were mostly after the end of the middle ages

True! Didn't consider that. New age doesn't sound that cool tho.

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