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American Hans Niemann is suing world champion Magnus Carlsen and Chess.com. He claims they are “colluding to blacklist” him from the professional chess world.
The grandmaster is suing world champion Magnus Carlsen and online platform Chess.com, among others.
The 19-year-old chess grandmaster says the world champion has mounted a libelous campaign against him since Niemann defeated Carlsen in September.
(Reuters) - Hans Niemann, the teenage American grandmaster at the centre of an alleged cheating scandal, sued world champion Magnus Carlsen, online pl...
U.S. chess grandmaster Hans Moke Niemann, the target of cheating allegations at the highest level of the game, has made a counter-move against his accusers, filing a $100 million-plus lawsuit accusing world champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway, top U.S. grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura and one of the biggest online chess-playing services of "colluding to blacklist" him from competing.