Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann has officially been cleared of outrageous allegations that he used vibrating anal beads to cheat, after it was revealed that he and two top rivals have resolved their legal dispute on the controversy outside of court.
The American player, already a chess prodigy at just 20, sued Norway’s Magnus Carlsen, currently the world’s top ranked chess player, and another highly-ranked player, Hikaru Nakamura, for defamation.
He was seeking an eyewatering $100 million in the lawsuit, filed in a federal court in Missouri, which claimed that Nakamura and Carlsen had ruined his career with allegations that he had cheated in ranked matches.
The feud came after Niemann, a self-taught player born in San Francisco who has been playing chess since he was eight, beat Carlsen in a prestigious match last September in St. Louis, Missouri, at the Sinquefield Cup tournament, shattering a 53-match winning streak.
…Chess.com said on Monday it stood by the findings in its report on Niemann, ‘including that we found no determinative evidence that he has cheated in any in-person games’.
The platform added that Niemann’s account has been reinstated and he is welcome to play at future events.
‘I look forward to competing against Magnus in chess rather than in court,’ Niemann said.
Meanwhile, Magnus frostily said: ‘I acknowledge and understand Chess.com’s report, including its statement that there is no determinative evidence that Niemann cheated in his game against me at the Sinquefield Cup.
‘I am willing to play Niemann in future events, should we be paired together.’
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