@Toadofsky said in #44:
> Again, we don't actually know why Carlsen withdrew, although we know it's not health-related.
People keep saying it, but I just don't get it.
Suppose Magnus withdrew not because he thinks Hans has cheated, but for some completely unrelated reason. Don't you think he would by now have come out and made sure that this witch-hunt is stopped? All it would take is one tweet saying that he had been misunderstood and the reason he withdrew had nothing to do with Hans.
The fact that Magnus is silent means one of two things:
1. He indeed thinks that Hans has cheated.
2. He does not think that Hans has cheated but does not care that his actions have caused a massive misunderstanding that resulted in an innocent person's reputation drugged through the mud.
I think the former is way more plausible. Not one even half decent person would do the second.