Magnus Carlsen responds to match-fixing allegations, says conversation with Nepo was a joke
World number one chess player Magnus Carlsen has responded to match-fixing allegations after a video of him telling Ian Nepomniachtchi that they’d play short draws if FIDE doesn’t allow them to share the World Blitz Championship title went viral. "I've never prearranged a draw...In the video I’m joking with Ian. This was obviously not...to influence FIDE," he wrote on X.