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It became the most serious scandal about cheating allegations in chess in years, and it garnered significant attention in the news media worldwide. After the fifth round of the Sinquefield Cup, Niemann gave a lengthy interview addressing the controversy, in which he admitted to cheating in online chess in the past, but denied cheating in the ...
In the chess community, this month will be remembered for only one thing: Magnus Carlsen vs. Hans Niemann. The reigning world chess champion and a top-50 ranked grandmaster have spent the past few ...
A US judge on Tuesday dismissed the $100 million defamation lawsuit filed by American chess grandmaster Hans Niemann against Magnus Carlsen, among others, in a cheating scandal which has rocked ...
A cheating scandal involving five-time world chess champion Magnus Carlsen and US grandmaster Hans Niemann that has gripped the sport looks to have finally reached a conclusion following the ...
Kirill Shevchenko, currently 69th in the chess world rankings, was competing at the Spanish Team Championship in the Spanish enclave of Melilla when the alleged instance of cheating occurred.
Cheating has been observed at the master level. Of the 550,000 account closures for cheating conducted by Chess.com up to 2022, 550 were on accounts verified to be owned by titled players. [8] 165 out of the roughly 1 million accounts closed by Chess.com for cheating in 2023 were titled; of these, 20 were grandmaster accounts. [4]
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 ...
One of the most anthologized chess stories is Slippery Elm (1929) by Percival Wilde, which involves a ruse to allow a weak player to beat a much stronger one, using messages passed on slippery-elm throat lozenges. [12] Television shows have engaged the plot of cheating in chess, including episodes of Mission: Impossible and Cheers. [13] [14] [15]