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Made to Piers Morgan Sunday, the assertion comes more than a year removed from the September 2022 faceoff between Hans Niemann, 20, and the current no. 1.

Niemann was publicly accused of cheating by World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen last year and kicked off a major online chess platform, but was later reinstated after a legal dispute.

Hans Niemann was accused of cheating after he beat Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen last September.

Hans Niemann, 20, says the ‘curiosity is concerning’ around online sex toy theory after settling defamation case out of court

Niemann was accused of using vibrating toy to cheat during Sinquefield Cup in September 2022

Niemann admitted that he had cheated twice in online matches aged 12 and 16.

Vladimir Kramnik recently caused a stir with an online game against Hans Niemann, in which he wanted to let himself be mated quickly in protest of Niemann’s alleged cheating in the previous game. Kramnik, however, is not so much concerned with Niemann himself, but with the cheating problem in online chess in general. He estimates that the problem is much bigger than people think and presented his arguments in a long video interview. | Photo: Amruta Mokal

American chess grandmaster Hans Niemann has been reinstated by Chess.com following the conclusion of a legal dispute between Niemann, Magnus Carlsen and the online platform, among others.

It was the most serious cheating scandal since 2006 World Chess Championship ("Toiletgate").

Sabrina Chevannes, 36, said she was raped at a chess tournament while blackout drunk when she was a teenager. She also said she had witnessed sexual harassment, assault and racism.