Vibrating crotches, anal beads and suspicious minds: the long, strange history of chess cheats

The journey from the Von Neumann to the Niemann affair has much to teach us about the changed landscape of the sport ...

The dark side of chess – from ‘poisoning’ rivals to dirty selfie tricks & a player accused of cheating by using sex toy

IT’S long been seen as the bastion of geeks and brainiacs but the world of chess has had its fair share of shocking scandals.
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What is Untold: Chess Mates all about? Everything we know so far

Untold: Chess Mates explores the 2022 Magnus Carlsen vs Hans Niemann cheating scandal on Netflix. Explore the true story and ...

Netflix’s ‘Untold: Chess Mates’ documentary into Carlsen-Niemann scandal opens old can of worms but says nothing new

A new Netflix documentary on the 2022 cheating scandal points to how in the Carlsen vs Niemann case, Chess.com was the chief character witness against the accused, the partial executioner, the lead ...
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‘Chess Mates,’ the documentary about the world champion who defamed a rival — and won’t apologize

In the Netflix film, Magnus Carlsen does not say sorry for accusing Hans Niemann of cheating without any evidence ...