Chess.com claimed this settlement would allow them “to put our differences behind us” and go forward without any more talk of lawsuits hanging over their necks. Niemann’s statement provided by Chess.com also signified he was going to “look forward to competing against Magnus in chess rather than in court.”
Essentially, nobody is admitting they were wrong, and everything goes back to the status quo we had before the cheating scandal lit a fire that burned far beyond the rather insulated barriers of the chess world.In a statement posted to his YouTube channel, Nakamura said he felt he was “dragged into the lawsuit” after he posted several videos and hosted several streams where he repeatedly claimed he thought Niemann had been cheating.