Last September, the Internet was abuzz for weeks about a chess cheating controversy that erupted during the third round of the Sinquefield Cup. The reigning chess world champion, Magnus Carlsen, lost ...

After close to a year of litigation, Hans Niemann can again return to the world of online chess, but nobody is admitting they were wrong. Reading time 3 minutes Young chess grandmaster Hans Niemann ...

The saga, which included accusations of vibrating anal beads and more, has finally come to a close—at least in court. Breaking News Reporter Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann had his Chess.com account ...

He wiggled his way out of this one. A US teenage chess prodigy dogged by claims he used vibrating “anal beads” to cheat during a high-stakes match has been partially vindicated after he and his ...

If Hans Niemann had hoped to put an alleged cheating scandal behind him, the chess grandmaster’s interview with Piers Morgan on Monday might have just scuttled that wish. Niemann has repeatedly denied ...

American chess grandmaster Hans Niemann has been reinstated by Chess.com following the conclusion of a legal dispute between Niemann, Magnus Carlsen and the online platform, among others. In June, a ...

Daniel Naroditsky, a top American player with an online following, was found dead in Charlotte, N.C., after talking about being accused of cheating by a former world champion. By Jesse McKinley Dylan ...

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. On the second day of this year’s Grenke Chess Open, Europe’s largest ...

While cheating at the game’s top level is rare, platforms and mathematicians alike work tirelessly to ensure the game’s integrity. By Emily Belz The mechanics of how chess players might cheat ...