{"id":23784,"date":"2022-10-20T23:30:29","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T03:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=23784"},"modified":"2022-10-20T23:30:29","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T03:30:29","slug":"chess-player-hans-niemann-sues-for-100m-after-being-accused-of-cheating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2022\/10\/20\/chess-player-hans-niemann-sues-for-100m-after-being-accused-of-cheating\/","title":{"rendered":"Chess player Hans Niemann sues for $100m after being accused of cheating"},"content":{"rendered":"

The teenage chess player at the centre of an alleged cheating scandal, has launched a $100 million (\u00a389m) libel suit against the world champion and online platform Chess.com.<\/p>\n

Hans Niemann, 19, was accused of widespread cheating following a Chess.com investigation, which ruled it was\u00a0“likely” he cheated in more than 100 online games<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It came after he beat 31-year-old world champion Magnus Carlsen – considered the greatest player of all time – sending shockwaves throughout world chess.<\/p>\n

Chess.com, which has banned Niemann, is the world’s most popular chess platform and used detection tools and analysis of a player’s moves against those recommended by computers to put together its report.<\/p>\n

The investigation found no evidence of face-to-face cheating by Niemann against Carlsen or in any other in-person games.<\/p>\n

But it did suggest widespread cheating online.<\/p>\n

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Magnus Carlsen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Read more:
\nNiemann breaks silence, saying he ‘won’t back down’<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The lawsuit, filed at a court in Missouri, USA also lists Carlsen’s online chess platform Play Magnus, Chess.com executive Danny Rensch and American grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura as defendants.<\/p>\n

Niemann claimed the defendants are “colluding to blacklist” him from the professional chess world, and that he has been shunned by tournament organisers since five-time world champion Carlsen publicly accused him of cheating.<\/p>\n

Carlsen’s surprise defeat to Niemann and his subsequent withdrawal from the Sinquefield Cup in St Louis, Missouri in September sparked a furore of comments and allegations, including from Nakamura, that the American had cheated.<\/p>\n

Weeks after the Sinquefield Cup, the Norwegian resigned after just one move against Niemann in an online tournament.<\/p>\n

In a statement on Thursday, lawyers for Chess.com said there was no merit to Niemann’s allegations and the company was saddened by his decision to take legal action.<\/p>\n

“Chess.com looks forward to setting the record straight on behalf of its team and all honest chess players.”<\/p>\n

Representatives for Carlsen and Nakamura have not responded to requests for a comment.<\/p>\n

Niemann had previously been banned from Chess.com for cheating online, having admitted he had not played fairly in non-competitive games on the website in his youth, but denied any wrongdoing while contesting over-the-board games.<\/p>\n

His lawsuit said that Chess.com “banned Niemann from its website and all of its future events, to lend credence to Carlsen’s unsubstantiated and defamatory accusations of cheating”.<\/p>\n

“Carlsen, having solidified his position as the ‘King of Chess,’ believes that when it comes to chess, he can do whatever he wants and get away with it,” the complaint added.<\/p>\n

The lawsuit further accused Nakamura, a streaming partner of Chess.com, of publishing “hours of video content amplifying and attempting to bolster Carlsen’s false cheating allegations.”<\/p>\n

The International Chess Federation said last month it would open an investigation into the allegations of cheating.<\/p>\n

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Source: \u00a0\"Sky<\/a> news.sky.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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