It’s the story that has rocked chess and shown no sign of abating. The cheating scandal which has engulfed the sport, involving five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen, is all anyone is talking about.

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A cheating scandal has erupted in the staid and serious world of chess. When a second-tier chess player twice beat the world champion Magnus Carlsen, a Norse titan whom no one ever beats, chess ...

A report from Chess.com alleging that grandmaster Hans Moke Niemann likely cheated in over 100 online games upended the chess world in October 2022. WSJ explains how a player might bypass security ...

The bizarre chess cheating drama surrounding world champion Magnus Carlsen and American grandmaster Hans Niemann has officially reached the U.S. court system. Niemann, under fire since Carlsen claimed ...