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Hans Moke Niemann in a screen grab from a video posted by the Saint Louis Chess
Club on Sept. 6.
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CHESS INVESTIGATION FINDS THAT U.S. GRANDMASTER ‘LIKELY CHEATED’ MORE THAN 100
TIMES


AN INTERNAL REPORT REVIEWED BY THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ALLEGES A PREVIOUSLY
UNKNOWN PATTERN OF LIKELY WIDESPREAD CHEATING BY HANS MOKE NIEMANN, THE PLAYER
WHOSE SEPTEMBER VICTORY OVER MAGNUS CARLSEN HAS ROCKED THE CHESS WORLD

Hans Moke Niemann in a screen grab from a video posted by the Saint Louis Chess
Club on Sept. 6.
By
Andrew Beaton and
Joshua Robinson
Oct. 4, 2022 3:26 pm ET

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When world chess champion Magnus Carlsen last month suggested that American
grandmaster Hans Moke Niemann was a cheater, the 19-year-old Niemann launched an
impassioned defense. Niemann said he had cheated, but only at two points in his
life, describing them as youthful indiscretions committed when he was 12 and 16
years old. 

Now, however, an investigation into Niemann’s play—conducted by Chess.com, an
online platform where many top players compete—has found the scope of his
cheating to be far wider and longer-lasting than he publicly admitted. 


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