Hans Niemann vs Piers Morgan (ERIC REACTS)

Eric reacts to a spicy new interview featuring Hans Niemann on @PiersMorganUncensored

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[chessbrah]

What did you think of the interview- were some of your questions answered?

[Xinder]

Piers Morgan: "Hans, why do you have your lawyer with you?"
Hans: "Piers, it speaks for itself".

[anonymouson]

Hans didn't cheat twice, he got CAUGHT cheating twice.

[dgray]

"An online game that really didn't matter".. but it mattered enough to him to cheat

[sgc]

Piers wanted the lawyer to know he never cheated in chess 🤣, thats just gold

[AnHonestDoubter]

Did the opponents Hans beat through cheating think those games were "meaningless, " or does only Hans get to decide whether they were?

[TheRealMafoo]

To me, the biggest issue, is how Hans doesn't care that the cheated when he was 16. He has no remorse whatsoever for it. His opinion, is if the game is meaningless, then who cares? It’s that moral compass, that leads to believe that he has cheated far more often than he got caught for.

[timcannon]

Why bring the lawyer on? Couldn't they have just used the beads to communicate to Hans what he should say?

[RR-qfre]

Are we really supposed to believe he did it at 12 and then went 4 years without ever doing it until the he was 16 just once more.

[Crashawsome]

He said the online cheating was absolutely meaningless, but also that he was really stressed and anxious about getting his online rating up. This is horrible reasoning and logic

[whatlez]

Hans getting rattled so easily is so funny haha

[KrazyKrzysztof]

hans would make a great politician. there is no way he only cheated twice.

[brettmartin]

To me, this seems like he wanted to use his court prep and this was the best place since the lawsuit was over 😂

[joereed]

The question Piers desperately needed to ask every time Hans claims he only cheated in "meaningless games" is: if they were meaningless then why did you cheat? If they actually meant nothing then there would be no motivation for you to cheat at the time. Sure, looking back, you can say that you now consider those games meaningless, but how you think about those games now is irrelevant when you're trying to use that as a defense. He cared enough about those games at the time to cheat in them, therefore there's no reason to think that would stop him from cheating in games he considers important now. He can say he's matured a lot and wouldn't cheat anymore, but he could easily be lying. This is the problem with cheating, once you do it once, all trust is broken. I'm not going to say he 100% cheated in other games, and I'm not a talented enough chess player to judge that for myself, but you also can't fault anyone for being suspicious of him or not wanting to play him based on his past.

[jzkramer]

I'm glad Hans has been given an opportunity to clear his name with this incredibly effective rebuttal. Said no one ever.

[darkergreen]

If someone cheated only twice in their life at ages 12 and 16 and got caught both times, they would have to be one of the unluckiest cheaters ever, right? The more likely alternative is that they cheated hundreds of times across a span of at least four years. Sorry if somebody already commented about this but just wanted to make it clear that "cheated twice" argument is ridiculous.

[xcq]

I like how his accent changes every single time.

[chrisattwood]

So he cheated once when he was 12, just once. Then stopped completely after that once and then 4 years later suddenly did it one more time. When asked how he cheared, he had difficulty bringing himself to explain how he did it. He knew how he did it but he was hesitent to explain it because he knows it'll make him look bad.

[mphDrBrown]

The worst thing Hans did was call any cheating "meaningless". It just makes him look so much worse than just accepting "any cheating is serious", then parsing the degree and most importantly for him amount of evidence. As far as the Sinquefield Cup Magnus game goes there's no evidence besides suspicion from his past. His moves weren't even that suspicious, it was mostly Magnus giving away a slight advantage and Hans playing well. It's nothing like weird engine moves or Nh2 Hans played against Mishra where he trapped Mishra's king in the corner. More importantly Hans has played a bunch of otb games since the Sinquefield Cup under massive scrutiny and no one has come up with any evidence.

[witheringhs]

it's so blatantly obvious that he's a cheater.... just because someone's decent at chess doesn't mean they have good morals.... You could argue that his "skill" over the years was all learned from cheating.... now he's suddenly not cheating? Whatever.