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[109] On December 2, 2022, lawyers for both Carlsen and Chess.com filed a motion to dismiss Niemann's lawsuit with the Eastern Missouri District Court, stating that Niemann's suit was a "public relations stunt". [110] [111] A week later Nakamura also moved to dismiss the lawsuit. [112] On June 27, 2023, Niemann's case was dismissed by a federal ...
A US judge on Tuesday dismissed the $100 million defamation lawsuit filed by American chess grandmaster Hans Niemann against Magnus Carlsen, among others, in an alleged cheating scandal which has ...
American chess grandmaster Hans Niemann filed a defamation lawsuit Thursday against world champion Magnus Carlsen and others seeking $100 million in damages over cheating allegations that have ...
The lawsuit, filed at a U.S. District Court in Missouri, also lists Carlsen's online chess platform Play Magnus, Chess.com executive Danny Rensch and American grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura as ...
Hans Moke Niemann (born June 20, 2003) is an American chess grandmaster and Twitch streamer. [1] He first entered the top 100 junior players list on March 1, 2019, and became a FIDE grandmaster on January 22, 2021. [2] [3] [4] In July 2021, he won the World Open chess tournament in Philadelphia. He achieved a global ranking of No. 16 in ...
Niemann had privately confessed to the allegations to Chess.com's chief chess officer, Daniel Rensch, and was banned from the platform. [66] In October 2022, Niemann filed a $100 million lawsuit against Magnus Carlsen and Chess.com, accusing them of defamation. [67] [68] The lawsuit was dismissed in June 2023. [69]
Niemann has been under fire since the world chess champion accused him of cheating. Embattled chess grandmaster Hans Niemann sues Magnus Carlsen, others for $100 million over cheating allegations ...
A controversy erupted with accusations by grandmaster Magnus Carlsen against Hans Niemann. [24] [25] Leaked emails revealed that some people cheated on the Chess.com platform in games involving prize money and that Chess.com removed some players' accounts, including grandmaster Maxim Dlugy, who had been found to be cheating. [26]