Chess players now get scanned to check for electrical devices. But no one is entirely sure these methods are watertight ...

A three-time National Chess Champion breaks down what playing chess against LLMs can teach us.

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

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

T his is how the story of a great chess grandmaster usually begins. A parent or teacher discovers an exceptional mind: a ...

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“Untold,” a sports documentary series, recounts a notorious match between two grandmasters and the cheating accusations that rocked the chess world and beyond. By Dylan Loeb McClain Dylan Loeb McClain ...

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

Magnus Carlsen (left) and Hans Niemann at the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships in 2025, playing each other again three years after the scandal involving the pair Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty ...

The modern era of cheating in chess began on a Thursday in July 1993, when a man with shoulder-length dreadlocks walked into the World Open tournament in Philadelphia and registered as John von ...

Explore chess courses and the bestselling chess book designed for beginner and intermediate players. Enjoy videos that ...

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. One of the most infamous episodes in the game, the ‘sex toy’ conspiracy, ...