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The cheat’s gambit: Grandmasters go to war over claims 46-game blitz chess streak was tainted

US grandmaster and social media star Hikaru Nakamura was accused by a rival of cheating after a hot winning streak. The outcry exposed a generational rift between top chess players, Bevan Hurley reports

The Independent UK

Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann tells Piers Morgan he did not use sex toy to cheat during tournament

The 20-year-old told Piers Morgan that the allegations were ‘disheartening’

Evening Standard

Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann denies using vibrating sex toy to beat Magnus Carlsen

The Norwegian former world champion Magnus Carlsen had alleged that US prodigy Hans Niemann had cheated during an upset win last year

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Huge chess scandal ends with begrudging agreement as one grandmaster threatens to 'name names' regardless

World champion Magnus Carlsen had accused opponent Hans Niemann of cheating.

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Chess cheating controversy | Carlsen, Niemann settle dispute outside court

Norway's Magnus Carlsen and U.S. chess prodigy Hans Niemann have resolved their dispute outside court. Niemann's account on Chess.com has been reinstated and he is welcome to play at future events. Carlsen acknowledged Chess.com's report and is willing to play Niemann in future events.

The Hindu

Carlsen and Niemann settle dispute over cheating claims that rocked chess

A dispute that caused scandal in the world of elite chess appears to have been settled after the players involved said they have moved on from their rift

The Guardian - US

An online 'Bullet Chess' championship is drawing big cash and big names

The fastest chess variant there is goes harder than ever.

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Anthem’s Game Plus Checks Into Chess With Three-Hour Block

Signs programming partnership with Chess.com

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Chess: Magnus Carlsen jumps back into contention as final rounds loom at Wijk

The world champion has recovered from his two early losses and is one point behind the leader as the ‘chess Wimbledon’ nears climax

The Guardian - UK

Chess star Hans Niemann accuses Magnus Carlsen of paying grandmaster to heckle him

Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann alleges in a federal lawsuit that chess world champion Magnus Carlsen and others destroyed his career by accusing him of cheating

The Independent UK

Chess: Carlsen ‘adopts’ US champion, Fabiano Caruana, in online blitz rout

Norway’s world No 1 did not lose a single game in his 22-4 victory, and achieved the rare feat of 10 successive wins, which in online speed chess jargon qualifies as adopting your opponent

The Guardian - UK

Magnus Carlsen and Chess.com urge court to dismiss Hans Niemann's lawsuit over cheating claims

Chess world champion Magnus Carlsen and Chess.com urge a US court to toss out a libel suit brought against them by teenage grandmaster Hans Niemann, who Carlsen has accused of cheating.

ABC News

Chess star Hans Niemann sues over cheating allegations

Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann alleges in a federal lawsuit that chess world champion Magnus Carlsen and others destroyed his career by accusing him of cheating

The Independent UK

Hans Niemann sues Magnus Carlsen for $100 million, accusing him of defamation

The 19-year-old chess grandmaster says the world champion has mounted a libelous campaign against him since Niemann defeated Carlsen in September.

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‘Not a game’: Accused chess cheater files lawsuit against arch nemesis

Embattled chess player Hans Niemann has announced he is taking his feud with grandmaster Magnus Carlsen to the US court system.

Evening Standard

Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann sues for $100m after being accused of cheating

World champion Magnus Carlsen plunged the game into controversy last month after quitting a prestigious St Louis tournament after losing a match against Niemann

France 24

US grandmaster Niemann sues chess champion Carlsen over cheating claims

American grandmaster Hans Niemann, in the latest move in a scandal that has rocked the world of chess, filed a lawsuit on Thursday against Magnus Carlsen after the Norwegian world champion accused him of cheating.

ABC News

Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann sues Magnus Carlsen and Chess.com for defamation

Teenage chess grandmaster Hans Niemann hits rival Magnus Carlsen and others with a defamation suit after allegations of cheating.

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Online chess cheating is a huge problem — here’s how scientists are trying to spot it

The chess world is being rocked by accusations of cheating — but how can chess regulators spot cheats, especially in online games?

Los Angeles Times

A top expert on chess cheating explains how AI has transformed human play

In the decades since IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeated chess world champion Garry Kasparov in 1997, artificial intelligence has transformed the way humans play the game, and not always for the better.

ABC News

Hans Niemann says he 'won't back down' after claims he cheated more than 100 times in chess matches

Hans Niemann, the American chess grandmaster accused of cheating "more than 100 times", speaks out after downing his 15-year-old opponent in the US Championship.

The Independent UK

Chess player accused of cheating gets body scanned before entering competition

‘I’m not going to back down and I’m going to play my best chess here regardless of the pressure,’ Hans Niemann says

USA Today Sports Media Group

The bizarre chess cheating controversy with speculation over a vibrating sex toy, explained

A wild chess cheating controversy has taken a turn.

Evening Standard

Chess player Hans Niemann ‘not going to back down’ despite cheating allegations

The American teenager says he is going to play his ‘best chess’ despite being under pressure

France 24

Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann defends reputation after cheating claims

American international grandmaster Hans Niemann said Wednesday he "won't back down," after the chess platform chess.com reported he has "probably cheated more than 100 times" in online games.

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