It’s the story that has rocked chess and shown no sign of abating. The cheating scandal which has engulfed the sport, involving five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen, is all anyone is talking about.

The issue cheating in chess has resurfaced after World Champion Magnus Carlsen refused to play against Hans Niemann, apparently alleging cheating. Recently Chess.com, the leading platform for online ...

A new study says many AI models will cheat when playing a game of chess. Researchers pitted the AI against Stockfish, a powerful open-source chess engine. But some models, including Open AI’s o1 ...

That familiar death-knell typically confined to Bobby Fischer's favorite pastime is taking a very real step outside the chessboard to corner one of its own. In a sweeping decision from the ...

Chess is a game meant for smart-minded folks, but the nobleness and royalty of the game get stained when cheating is involved. Recently, world chess champion Magnus Carlsen made an indirect yet firm ...

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If Hans Niemann had hoped to put an alleged cheating scandal behind him, the chess grandmaster’s interview with Piers Morgan on Monday might have just scuttled that wish. Niemann has repeatedly denied ...