Hans Niemann has been accused of cheating at chess, but there has been little proof offered to how he might be cheating at over-the-table chess compared to past accusations of cheating at online chess ...

Nicole Clark (she/her) is a culture editor at Polygon, and a critic covering internet culture, video games, books, and TV, with work in the NY Times, Vice, and Catapult. The chess cheating scandal ...

Rising chess star Hans Niemann has admitted to cheating in online chess in the past as he rejected any suggestions he had used computer assistance in a major tournament. The American made an ...

Ty Roush is a breaking news reporter based in New York City. American chess grandmaster Hans Niemann denied allegations that he cheated in a win over World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen last year, ...

Playing with online chess bots is fun. To some people playing online chess may not sound ‘real’, but the truth is, it is very real and sometimes more competitive than playing chess with ‘real’ people.

Lawyers representing Norwegian World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen and online chess platform Chess.com asked a federal judge Friday to toss a $100 million lawsuit filed by chess grandmaster Hans ...

A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed the $100 million lawsuit filed by American grandmaster Hans Niemann in connection with the cheating scandal that roiled the world of chess last fall. Niemann, 20, ...

Norwegian world chess champion Magnus Carlsen abruptly withdrew from a game against American Hans Niemann, reigniting an ongoing cheating controversy in the sport. After playing just one move in a ...

Hans Niemann, a teenage chess grandmaster, said he is "not going to back down," as he faces allegations of cheating. Speaking after winning a game against 15-year-old grandmaster Christopher Yoo on ...

American chess grandmaster Hans Niemann admitted to cheating two times in his career after World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen publicly accused him last week. But an investigation conducted by Chess.com found ...

For someone ranked No. 2 in the world, playing competitive games of chess sits curiously low on grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura’s list of priorities. “I look at it as something to do to get away from ...