Ever since he beat the greatest chess player who ever lived, Hans Niemann has been called a cheat. The 19-year-old’s surprising victory over Magnus Carlsen in St. Louis on September 4 led to ...

The journey from the Von Neumann to the Niemann affair has much to teach us about the changed landscape of the sport ...

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 ...

As much attention as this most recent scandal has received, chess cheaters have long used elaborate technology-assisted techniques to win games. Reading time 2 minutes The chess world remains aflame ...

American chess grandmaster Hans Niemann denied allegations that he cheated in a win over World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen last year, suggesting during an interview Monday with Piers Morgan that the ...

Ever since the chess world went into collective panic over allegations of cheating among super-grandmasters back in 2022, the game has been roiled by rampant paranoia. Tournaments have scaled up ...

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Watch: Magnus Carlsen quits Niemann rematch after one move Chess champion Magnus Carlsen has spoken for the first time since ...

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 ...

On Sept. 19, reigning chess world champion Magnus Carlsen made just one move against his opponent, American grandmaster Hans Niemann, and then resigned, sending the chess world into a panic about a ...