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: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto (Getty Images) A Reddit user recently pitted the chess engine Stockfish, which won the Top Chess Engine Championship eight timesagainst the infamous AI-powered conversational bot ChatGPT in a dark chess game. Unfortunately, while Stockfish, for which it was created, was able to hold its own, ChatGPT succumbed to the high-stakes environment of ...
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 ...
photo: Arun Sankara (Getty Images) After almost a month Anal ball memes and chess drama, world champion Magnus Carlsen has finally spoken openly about his stunning loss to 19-year-old grandmaster Hans Niemann and his shocking stunts that followed. Long story short, he thinks Niemann is a cheater, on the board and online, and refuses to ...
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 ...
