The chess cheating scandal brewing since September just reignited. Hans Niemann, the 19-year-old chess grandmaster, sued world champion Magnus Carlsen, and others, for $100 million in damages. The ...

Fit check mate. Chess titan Magnus Carlsen quit a pair of tournaments in New York Friday after the sport’s governing body ...

American grandmaster Hans Niemann filed a lawsuit on Thursday against Magnus Carlsen after the Norwegian world champion accused him of cheating. It is the latest move in a scandal that has rocked the ...

Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen won’t defend his title at the International Chess Federation (FIDE) World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships because of a pair of jeans. Carlsen, the current World No ...

In an exclusive conversation with Firstpost, Dutch Grandmaster Anish Giri discusses Magnus Carlsen’s decision to stay away ...

Two of the world's top chess players faced off in a match that ended with a fist slam of defeat. At the 2025 Norway Chess tournament on June 1, reigning World Chess Champion Gukesh Dommaraju beat the ...

BERLIN (AP) — Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen was forced into a draw Monday by more than 143,000 people worldwide playing against him in a single, record-setting game. Billed as “Magnus ...

The defamation lawsuit claims that Chess.com, a popular online platform where players compete in tournaments, colluded with Carlsen and Play Magnus to ban Niemann from the website and future events to ...

Nicole Clark (she/her) is a culture editor at Polygon, and a critic covering internet culture, video games, books, and TV, with work in the NY Times, Vice, and Catapult. The chess cheating scandal ...