The 19-year-old was asked about the 'elephant in the room' after winning a US Championship game in St Louis on Wednesday
"It also showed I'm not going to back down and I'm going to play my best chess here regardless of the pressure."The 19-year-old then walked out of the interview, adding:"You can leave it to your own interpretation, but thank you, that's it."
Chess.com, which has banned Niemann, is the world's most popular chess platform and used detection tools and analysis of a player's moves against those recommended by computers to put together its report.
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