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Hans Niemann's $100 million lawsuit against Magnus Carlsen and Chess.com over cheating accusations dismissed in federal court

A federal judge has tossed out chess prodigy Hans Niemanns $100 million libel lawsuit against a fellow grandmaster who accused him of cheating in a tournament.

Magnus Carlsen's small mistake is a strange and dramatic end to his final match as World Chess Champion

On April 6, 5-Time World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen lost in a dramatic and surprising way: His mouse slipped and he moved his queen to the wrong

Quitting the game, a dispute over cheating at the board and a major business setback: World chess champion Magnus Carlsen has had better years. What happens next in the world of chess no longer depends on him alone.

Chess.com, the world’s largest chess website, has acquired Play Magnus Group, a leading chess entertainment and education company. The proposed acquisition was initially announced on August 24, 2022 and was unanimously recommended by Play Magnus Group’s board. After receiving regulatory and shareholder...

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.

By Jack Queen

The Fischer Random World Championship, which started yesterday in Reykjavik, is overshadowed by the Niemann lawsuit, in which Niemann sued Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Daniel Rensch, chess.com and the Play Magnus Group for 100 million USD. Carlsen and Nakamura are playing in the World Championship, but did not want to comment on the lawsuit. However, the Icelandic Grandmaster Hjörvar Gretarsson, who is a lawyer by profession and who also takes part in the Championship, commented the law...

Is there an Indian connection to the US-based 19-year old chess Grandmaster (GM) Hans Niemann filing a USD100 million defamation suit against World chess champion Magnus Carlsen and others?Yes, it seems.In his petition filed in the US court, ...