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The scandal has been the talk of the chess world this month. Interest exploded last week after Carlsen resigned from a match against Niemann after making only one move.

When chess gets featured extensively in The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Sunday Times and even VICE, while Elon Musk also weighs in and when it’s the subject of sketches by Trevor Noah and Stephen Colbert in the same week, you’d normally think this was good. This time round, in his editorial in the October issue of CHESS Magazine, Malcolm Pein is not totally sure.

The scandal has been the talk of the chess world this month. Interest exploded last week after Carlsen resigned from a match against Niemann after making only one move.

Oslo: The genteel world of Chess has been rocked by accusations of cheating made by the game s leading player. Magnus Carlsen, the world champion a...

It’s the story that has rocked chess and shown no sign of abating.

World chess champion Magnus Carlsen said on Monday he believed Hans Niemann had "cheated more— and more recently—than ...

The Magnus Carlsen-Hans Niemann feud has gripped the chess world

World champion Carlsen has accused Niemann of cheating but there is no evidence as yet

Magnus Carlsen, the World Chess Championship winner, continues his protest against Hans Niemann.

World chess champion Magnus Carlsen has accused fellow competitor Hans Niemann of cheating. It’s a seismic moment for the sport.