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(Reuters) - Hans Niemann, the teenage American grandmaster at the centre of an alleged cheating scandal, sued world champion Magnus Carlsen, online pl...

(Reuters) - Hans Niemann, the teenage American grandmaster at the centre of an alleged cheating scandal, sued world champion Magnus Carlsen, online pl...

The lawsuit is the latest move in a scandal that has rocked the world of chess.

Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann sued world champion Magnus Carlsen and others over their claims that he cheated in competition.

Hans Niemann's lawyers allege he was 'unlawfully blacklisted' from the game following his victory over the world champion

There are several ways to check a player's performance using an engine. One is to simply ask an engine to analyze every move and highlight every disagreement however small. Another is to use the tool in ChessBase and Fritz known as Let's Check. Here are the results from the recent Sinquefield Cup including a 100% match and the curiously high results by...

Under the name "C-Squared" Fabiano Caruana and Cristian Chirila recently launched a new chess podcast. Episode five featured Alejandro Ramirez, Costa Rica's first grandmaster, ChessBase author, trainer and popular commentator. The three talked about Ramirez's career, chess in Costa Rica, but above all about the Hans Niemann case. Asked whether he believes Niemann cheated when playing over-the-board, Ramirez said: "It does seem very likely."

Hans Niemann, who was publicly accused by grandmaster Magnus Carlsen, has been banned from the platform Chess.com.

Hans Niemann cheated online more than 100 times, in a pattern so rampant, that Chess.com not only froze his account, but rescinded his invitation to compete in their first $1million prize match.

The U.S. open and women's annual national championship tournaments are now underway at the St. Louis Chess Club and the Hans Moke Niemann cheating controversy remains, unfortunately, the all-consuming storyline.