The chair of the GCL appeals committee also confirmed to The Indian Express that there were no illegal moves made by the Indian, although he admitted that there were “illegal situations” that occurred during the game, and that the arbiter should have intervened.
A day after five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen alleged that Indian prodigy Nihal Sarin had made “several illegal moves” in his battle against Carlsen’s Alpine SG Pipers teammate Daniel Dardha in the Global Chess League, the tournament’s three-member appeals committee ruled that the result of the said game, which ended in a draw, will stay.
The chair of the GCL appeals committee also confirmed to The Indian Express that there were no illegal moves made by the Indian, although he admitted that there were “illegal situations” that occurred during the game, and that the arbiter should have intervened.
An illegal move is when a player places a piece on a square that they cannot as per rules. A frantic scramble at the end of the game had seen Sarin drop pieces on the board.