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Chess master denies using sex toy to help him win championship as game hit by scandal

Up and coming star Hans Niemann was sensationally accused online of using anal beads connected to a computer programme that would vibrate to help him decide his move

Daily Mirror · Sep 15, 2022

US chess player rejects claims he used sex toy to beat world champion Magnus Carlsen

‘Other than when I was 12 years old I have never cheated in a tournament with prize money,’ Hans Niemann says

The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2022

Chess player Hans Niemann denies using sex toy to help him beat grand champion

‘It must be embarrassing for the world champion to lose to an idiot like me,’ Hans Niemann said

Evening Standard · Sep 14, 2022

Rising US chess star Hans Niemann offers to play naked to prove he's not a cheat

Hans Niemann, 19, admits to having cheated at chess as a child but says he is now clean and beat world champion Magnus Carlsen fair and square.

ABC News · Sep 7, 2022

Top chess player Hans Niemann admits cheating in past but says he is now ‘clean’

Hans Niemann, the 19-year-old who beat world champion Magnus Carlsen, has promised he is a reformed character after admitting cheating in the past

The Guardian - AU · Sep 7, 2022

Magnus Carlsen leaves Sinquefield Cup amid Niemann chess ‘cheating’ furore

The world champion withdrew from the tournament after defeat in the third round and Hikaru Nakamura said Niemann was ‘probably cheating’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 6, 2022

Chess world champion Magnus Carlsen quits Sinquefield Cup mid-tournament

World champion Magnus Carlsen mysteriously abandons a $500,000 chess tournament, prompting frenzied speculation as to why.

ABC News · Sep 6, 2022

FTX Crypto Cup: Praggnanandhaa beats Carlsen in final round but loses out on top prize

MIAMI: Young Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa produced a superb performance, winning three straight games including two in the blitz tie-breaks to outwit world No.1 Magnus Carlsen 4-2 in the final round of the FTX Crypto Cup here on Monday.

The Times of India · Aug 22, 2022

FTX Crypto Cup: R. Praggnanandhaa beats Magnus Carlsen in final round but loses out on top prize

Despite the win over Magnus Carlsen in FTX Crypto Cup, the 17-year-old R. Praggnanandhaa could only take second place in the final standings

The Hindu · Aug 22, 2022

Praggnanandhaa's winning streak in FTX Crypto Cup ends with loss to Liem Le

MIAMI: Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa's winning run came to an end at the hands of China's Quang Liem Le in the fifth round of the FTX Crypto Cup, the American finale of Champions Chess Tour, here.

The Times of India · Aug 20, 2022