The former Russian world chess champion had accused other players, including the late Daniel Naroditsky, of cheating.

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The chess federation said Vladimir Kramnik publicly alleged cheating without “adequate evidentiary support,” violating its ...

A Russian grandmaster has been banned from world chess championships for at least a year over his cheating allegations ...

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Chess victor Magnus Carlsen, ranked the world’s best player, competes against rival Hans Niemann at the Chess.com Speed Chess Championship semi-finals in Paris that begin on Friday. It is their first ...

The ongoing feud between Carlsen and Niemann dates back to 2022, when the American rising star defeated the World #1 at the Sinquefield Cup in St Louis, thus ending his 53-game unbeaten streak.

Ever since the chess world went into collective panic over allegations of cheating among super-grandmasters back in 2022, the game has been roiled by rampant paranoia. Tournaments have scaled up ...

In its opening moments, Untold: Chess Mates contextualizes a cheating scandal that rocked the top tiers of competitive chess in 2022—which spiraled out of control with allegations of a player using ...