World chess champion Magnus Carlsen has for the first time openly accused fellow player Hans Niemann of cheating. The longtime world number one called cheating “a big deal and an existential threat to ...
US chess prodigy Niemann was accused of cheating by Carlsen after the American beat the Norwegian at the 2022 Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis. In an interview with the St. Louis Chess Club shortly after ...
A major scandal is rocking the world of competitive chess after the shocking defeat of the top chess player by an upstart 19-year-old. On Sept. 4, Hans Niemann beat Magnus Carlsen, the world chess ...
'Nigalidze would promptly reply to my moves and then literally run to the toilet. I noticed that he would always visit the same toilet partition' You can save this article by registering for free here ...
Hans Niemann, 20, a chess grandmaster, has repeatedly denied the claim that he cheats in over-the-board chess. In a conversation on Piers Morgan Uncensored, he addressed the specific claims that he ...
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Ever since 16th-century chess master Ruy Lopez advised players to position the board so that the sun was in their opponent’s eyes, dirty tricks and cheating have been a part of chess. In pre-computer ...
"It really has taught me a lot of very important lessons about life and chess." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Last year the ...
An Indian chess player named Umakant Sharma has been banned from competition for 10 years after he was caught using a Bluetooth wireless device to win games. Sharma had qualified for the national ...