A Russian chess player faces prison time and charges for allegedly using liquid mercury from a broken thermometer to poison an opposing player during a major tournament earlier this month. Kotaku hopes for the (reported) comeback of Spyro The Dragon As reported by Chess.comChess coach Amina Abakarova, 40, was accused of poisoning player Umayganat Osmanova, ...
photo: Dean Mouhtaropoulos (Getty Images) On April 6th 5-time world chess champion Magnus Carlsen lost in a dramatic and surprising way: his mouse slipped and he misplaced his queen, which immediately cost him the match. That didn’t just blow him away The competition and cost him a shot at the sizable $30,000 top prize, but ...
The chess cheating scandal that has been brewing since September has just flared up again. Hans Niemann, the 19-year-old chess grandmaster, sued world champion Magnus Carlsen and others for $100 million in damages. That Defamation lawsuit claims that Chess.com, a popular online platform where players compete in tournaments, worked with Carlsen and Play Magnus to ...
screenshot: Saint Louis Chess Club / Kotaku Hans Niemann, who kindled the internet favourite Anal ball meme last month after defeating world chess champion Magnus Carlsen in a breathtaking frenzy, he is now accused of cheating in over 100 online matches, according to a new unprecedented 72-page report from Chess.com. The world’s most popular website ...
photo: hudson (Getty Images) At Tuesday evening, The Wall Street Journal published a high-profile review of a Chess.com-produced report on Hans Niemann, the player suspected of cheating at the Sinquefield Cup against reigning five-time world chess champion Magnus Carlsen. (Perhaps the internet has repeatedly joked, with the help of anal beads.) The chess website not ...
The modern world of championship chess is not all about long games and mysterious openings. There is Twitch dramarobot that break children’s fingers, and now: anal beads. Last week, World Champion Magnus Carlsen lost to grandmaster Hans Niemann in a breathtaking upset. Allegations of cheating began to fill the air. But how would the alleged ...
