How do you celebrate when you achieve something big, like winning a big tournament? Maybe you’re jumping around with excitement, salty rivulets running down your face in a rush of emotions. Maybe grab a bottle of champagne and pop it like an NFL player after the Super Bowl. Or, if you are a 48-year-old Xiangqi ...
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 ...
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 ...
