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Chess history has been made by Nigerian master Tunde Onakoya, who has broken the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon. The 29-year-old's epic 60-hour game took place in New York City's iconic Times Square. Onakoya, who is also an advocate for child education, hopes to raise $1m (€937,000) to support children's education initiatives across Africa. He had set out to play the royal game for 58 hours but continued until he reached 60 hours at about 12:40 am on Saturday, surpassing the current chess marathon record of 56 hours, 9 minutes and 37 seconds, achieved in 2018 by Norwegian...
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Warsaw (AFP) - Russia's financial watchdog added chess grandmaster and political activist Garry Kasparov to its list of "terrorists and extremists" on Wednesday. The 60-year-old former world chess champion has been a longtime opponent of President Vladimir Putin and has repeatedly spoken out against Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The Rosfinmonitoring watchdog is responsible for combatting money laundering and terror financing, and those listed can have their bank accounts seized. It did not say why it added Soviet-born Kasparov to the list. The Kremlin often terms those who disagree with its of...
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Hans Niemann, 20, a chess grandmaster, has repeatedly denied the claim that he cheats in over-the-board chess. In a conversation on Piers Morgan Uncensored, he addressed the specific claims that he cheated with vibrating sex toys. These allegations emerged on social media, although it is unclear the original source of the accusations. When pressed as to whether he had used such toys as he played, Neumann replied, “Well, your curiosity is a bit concerning, you know – maybe you’re personally interested, but I can tell you, no. Categorically, no, of course not.” In the 2022 at Sinquefield Cup in...
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A lawsuit against the Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen and Chess.com has been dismissed by a Missouri federal court in a $100 million defamation lawsuit. Hans Niemann, a U.S. chess prodigy, accused Carlsen, Chess.com’s chief officer Daniel Rensch and Hikaru Nakamura of collusion and defamation. The U.S. District Court Judge Audrey Fleissig dismissed the claims Niemann made that the defendants were, “egregiously defaming him and unlawfully colluding to blacklist him from the profession to which he has dedicated his life.” In addition to this, Niemann sued for slander and libel, whi...
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Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann, 19, is suing Norwegian chess champ Magnus Carlsen, as well as the American grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura and the chief officer of Chess.com Daniel Rensch, for defamation over accusing him of cheating in chess matches. Carlsen has publicly accused Niemann of cheating after Niemann beat him at the Sinquefield tournament in Missouri on September 4. Carlsen infamously resigned from a match with Niemann after playing only one move weeks after the loss, then brought the cheating accusations following that. The lawsuit is attempting to characterize Carlsen as vindictive ...
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Washington (AFP) - American grandmaster Hans Niemann, in the latest move in a scandal that has rocked the world of chess, filed a lawsuit on Thursday against Magnus Carlsen after the Norwegian world champion accused him of cheating. Niemann, in the suit filed in federal court in Missouri, is seeking $100 million in damages from Carlsen, his company Play Magnus Group, Danny Rensch of Chess.com, the world's leading online chess platform, and American grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura. Niemann accused the defendants of slander and libel and colluding to destroy his reputation and livelihood. Carlsen ha...
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Chess player Hans Niemann, who has been accused of cheating in online games, and of a bizarre unverified rumor that he used vibrating anal beads to beat Magnus Carlsen recently, clearly got a little extra attention to be able to compete at the U.S. Chess Championship in St. Louis. A video of some of the chess players entering the tournament made the rounds, because Niemann was asked to turn around for a full body scan while the two people before him were not. Niemann has responded to these accusations saying that he has only cheated on two occasions in online games when he was 12 and 16, but a...
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Chess.com, the most popular site for online chess, published a 76-page report Tuesday concluding that chess grandmaster Hans Niemann cheated in at least 100 online matches, including prize tournaments. The report did not prove that Niemann cheated against Magnus Carlsen at the Sinquefield Cup but reinforces his ban from online tournaments on the site. “Overall, we have found that Hans has likely cheated in more than 100 online chess games, including several prize money events,” the report stated. “He was already 17 when he likely cheated in some of these matches and games. He was also streamin...
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Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen released a statement Monday accusing fellow grandmaster Hans Niemann of cheating. Carlsen, the highest-ranked classical chess player of all time and five-time world champion, will refuse to play Niemann in competitive play, putting tournament organizers and chess authorities in a difficult position. The statement, which Carlsen posted on Twitter, was released after the completion of the Julius Baer Generation Cup, an online tournament which pitted established chess players against relative newcomers. Carlsen dominated the event, winning 10 of his 15 preliminary...
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Despite his strong showing in the preliminary rounds of the 2022 Generation Cup, chess Grandmaster Hans Niemann lost to Chinese player Liem Le in the quarterfinals Thursday and will not advance. Meanwhile, reigning World Champion Magnus Carlsen lost his first game against Levon Aronian but made a furious comeback in later games to win and move on. If both players had won, they may have met in a final that would have represented the payoff of a white-hot feud. Instead, Carlsen will move on without the burden of the most intense drama in recent chess history. The scandal surrounding Carlsen and ...
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