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FIDE shares Carlsen's concerns about the damage of cheating in chess

FIDE said it was its duty to protect the integrity of chess given recent events involving Magnus Carlsen and Hans Niemann

The Hindu

OLD ‘The biggest scandal in chess history’: Inside the cheating allegations that rocked the chess world

A 19-year-old defeated Magnus Carlsen, often described as the best chess player who ever lived. Chaos followed, reports Richard Hall

The Independent UK

The people who police chess cheats: ‘We built a crime scene analysis for every player in the world’

After accusations of cheating swirled around the game’s top players – is it ever possible to have a fair game of chess?

The Guardian - US

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The Loop: Optus denies 'human error' to blame for hack, referendums in Russia-occupied Ukraine, new beef in chess drama

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Magnus Carlsen says it is 'fairly easy to cheat' as chess feud with Hans Niemann continues

Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen breaks his silence as his feud with chess rival Hans Niemann heats up.

ABC News

Bizarre conspiracy scandal takes the chess world by storm

The New Daily takes a look back at a burgeoning feed between two chess rivals – and one bizarre conspiracy theory circulating online.

The New Daily

The cheating scandal roiling the chess world has a new wrinkle

World champion Magnus Carlsen abruptly resigned after making a single move in his highly anticipated rematch with Hans Niemann. Calls have increased for an investigation.

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Carlsen v Niemann debate rages on after world champion resigns after one move

Round three between the pair disappeared off the radar in the quarter-finals of the online Julius Baer Generation Cup

The Guardian - UK

Carlsen v Niemann: the cheating row that is rocking chess – explained

An American teenager’s victory against the world champion has sent chess into uproar. We answer the key questions

The Guardian - UK

What does grandmaster Magnus Carlsen's feud with teen upstart Hans Niemann mean for chess?

The biggest spat in sport right now is on the chessboard, between a grandmaster and a teen upstart accused of cheating.

ABC News

Chess world champion Magnus Carlsen resigns from Hans Niemann rematch after single move in wake of cheating claims

Carlsen accused Niemann of cheating when the pair faced off earlier this month

The Independent UK

World champion Magnus Carlsen resigns after one move in online match against American Hans Niemann

Chess is in in the midst of one of its biggest scandals, with world champion Magnus Carlsen continuing to cast aspersions on one of the game’s rising stars.

ABC News

Magnus Carlsen resigns from rematch with Hans Niemann after opening move

Magnus Carlsen resigned after his opening move in an online match against Hans Niemann, reigniting the controversy between the two players

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Firouzja sweeps Grand Tour while Carlsen v Niemann saga continues

The 19-year-old won the Sinquefield Cup and the Grand Tour in St Louis, while fresh cheating allegations form the backdrop to next Monday’s game between the world champion and the US teen

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Daily Mirror

Chess master denies using sex toy to help him win championship as game hit by scandal

Up and coming star Hans Niemann was sensationally accused online of using anal beads connected to a computer programme that would vibrate to help him decide his move

The Independent UK

US chess player rejects claims he used sex toy to beat world champion Magnus Carlsen

‘Other than when I was 12 years old I have never cheated in a tournament with prize money,’ Hans Niemann says

Evening Standard

Chess player Hans Niemann denies using sex toy to help him beat grand champion

‘It must be embarrassing for the world champion to lose to an idiot like me,’ Hans Niemann said

Daily Mirror

Chess world rocked by cheating allegations as champion withdraws for first time

The world of chess might never be the same again after world champ Magnus Carlsen suffered a shock loss to 19-year-old Hans Niemann, leading to finger-pointing and accusations of cheating

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The Guardian - UK

Chess: Hans Niemann hits back over ‘cheating’ controversy in St Louis

The 19-year-old grandmaster, whose win against the world champion led to Magnus Carlsen withdrawing from a tournament for the first time, says there is a campaign against him

The Independent UK

Chess world rocked by cheating accusations as prodigy insists he is now ‘clean’

The top US player Hans Niemann was forced to deny accusations of cheating after beating the World No 1 Magnus Carlsen, but admitted to doing so in the past

ABC News

Rising US chess star Hans Niemann offers to play naked to prove he's not a cheat

Hans Niemann, 19, admits to having cheated at chess as a child but says he is now clean and beat world champion Magnus Carlsen fair and square.

The Guardian - AU

Top chess player Hans Niemann admits cheating in past but says he is now ‘clean’

Hans Niemann, the 19-year-old who beat world champion Magnus Carlsen, has promised he is a reformed character after admitting cheating in the past

The Guardian - UK

Magnus Carlsen leaves Sinquefield Cup amid Niemann chess ‘cheating’ furore

The world champion withdrew from the tournament after defeat in the third round and Hikaru Nakamura said Niemann was ‘probably cheating’

ABC News

Chess world champion Magnus Carlsen quits Sinquefield Cup mid-tournament

World champion Magnus Carlsen mysteriously abandons a $500,000 chess tournament, prompting frenzied speculation as to why.

The Guardian - UK

Chess.com swallows Play Magnus while Kushal Jakhria sets new world mark

The merger between the two largest online chess groups will give the US-backed chess.com a dominant position, while the seven-year-old has set a record for the youngest ever 2000 national rating

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