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Chinese Chess Champ Stripped Of Title After Taking A Dump In A Bathtub
28.12.2023
When you accomplish something big, like winning a major tournament, how do you celebrate? Maybe you jump around in excitement, salty rivulets streaming down your face in a rush of emotions. Maybe you pop a bottle of champagne and spray it around like an NFL player after the Super Bowl. Or,...
YouTubers Put Anal Bead Chess Conspiracy To The Test
14.11.2023
The chess world was rocked by a cheating scandal last September after former world champion Magnus Carlsen insinuated that an opponent, grandmaster Hans Niemann, had used foul play to beat him at the Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis, Missouri. Now, some British YouTubers have put the most outlandish...
Chess World's 'Anal Bead' Cheating Saga Quietly Comes To An End
29.8.2023
It felt like this day might never come, but former world champion Magnus Carlsen and grandmaster Hans Niemann have finally put the cheating scandal that rocked the chess world last year, including meme-filled speculation about anal beads, to bed. Read more
Hans Niemann Suing For $100 Million Over Chess Cheating Allegations
21.10.2022
Hans Niemann, the chess grandmaster at the centre of cheating allegations—which you can catch up on here—has filed a suit in a Missouri court suing world champion Magnus Carlsen, his chess app Play Magnus, the website chess.com, chess.com’s Daniel Rensch and streamer Hikaru Nakamura for $100...
Chess Pro Accused Of Cheating Defiant After Competing In Tourney With Extra Security
6.10.2022
Two days after Chess.com released a 72-page report detailing Grandmaster Hans Niemann’s repeated history of online cheating on its website, the beleaguered pro is now, much to everyone’s surprise, competing in 2022's U.S. Chess Championship. And while the internet has cracked plenty of jokes...
Chess Champion Breaks Silence On 'Anal Bead' Cheating Controversy
27.9.2022
After nearly a month of anal bead memes and chess drama, world champion Magnus Carlsen has finally opened up about his stunning defeat to 19-year-old grandmaster Hans Niemann and his shocking stunts that followed in the aftermath. Long story short: He thinks Niemann is a cheater, over the board...
Chess Champion Ratchets Up Cheating Drama By Resigning In Just One Move
19.9.2022
World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen was supposed to play Hans Niemann, a 19-year old he previously implied was a cheater, in the Champions Chess Tour 2022 today. Instead, he resigned after making just one move, reigniting the embers of a scandal that’s consumed the chess world this month....
The Chess Grandmaster Anal Bead Conspiracy That's Happening Right Now, Explained
16.9.2022
The modern-day world of championship chess isn’t just long games and arcane openings. There’s Twitch drama, robots that break kids’ fingers, and now: anal beads. Last week, World Champion Magnus Carlsen lost to Grandmaster Hans Niemann in a stunning upset. Accusations of cheating began to fill...