Chess pro Hans Niemann calls Mexico a “failed society” as poor Wi-Fi cost him his match 2023

Controversial chess star Hans Niemann is facing some backlash for his comments about Mexico following a disappointing performance at the FIDE World Youth Chess Championship.

Hans Niemann has been in trouble lately. After settling a dispute with Hikaru Nakamura and Magnus Carlsen over cheating allegations, he fell out with Alexandra Botez over his “degenerate” Twitch livestreams.

Now, Niemann has upset even more people after a broadcast in which he blamed the outage on a Mexican hotel’s poor Wi-Fi and made several disparaging comments. country.

In a post-match interview with Konstantin Peyrer, Niemann continued to fire up Mexico and explained what happened in his 2nd division match.

Hans Niemann calls Mexico a “failed society”

Speaking about his loss to Vincent Keymer at Champions Chess Tour AI Cup 2023, Niemann revealed that he kept disconnecting throughout the match.

“These people said they had good wifi so they gave me their personal modem. Of course these geniuses only gave me 5 gigabytes, so when you have two phones and a computer, it runs out in two days,” he said.

According to Niemann, at the time of the tournament, he did not have wifi and had to use hotel Wi-Fi, but this cost him dearly because he kept disconnecting and wasting all his time.

“I was so angry, because every thirty seconds I was disconnecting for thirty seconds and I couldn’t fight Keymer. So I basically lost this match, just because this is a failed society and there is no wifi,” he added. “I’m very disappointed that I lost that match because of the wifi.”

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While Niemann urged Mexico not to take his comments personally or as offensive, many users were unhappy with his comments after he posted them on YouTube.

“What a hateful person. It’s interesting how a person’s view of themselves increases at the same rate as other people’s view of them decreases,” said one viewer.

“Imagine your lasting legacy is a joke to your arrogance,” said another.

To date, Niemann has yet to respond to the backlash, but with his comments sparking much discussion on Reddit, it will be interesting to see if this controversial chess star faces any criticism. face any form of disciplinary action.

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