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Hans Niemann is in the final of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam. He defeated Fabiano Caruana in the semi-final. Niemann will face Levon Aronian for the title. The tournament is happening in Las Vegas.
Hans Niemann did not hide his emotions in the commentary booth as Levon Aronian defeated Magnus Carlsen in the tie-break to ...
Arjun Erigaisi, who had finished fifth in the Paris Grand Slam, will now await the winners of the lower-bracket clashes as he ...
Aronian, who had already knocked out Freestyle tour leader and World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen and World No. 2 Hikaru Nakamura ...
Hans Niemann, once unwelcome, has qualified for the Las Vegas leg of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam, setting the stage for a ...
The Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour is the first worldwide tournament series using the unique “Chess960” rules.
American chess grandmaster Hans Niemann has been reinstated by chess.com following the conclusion of a legal dispute between Niemann, Magnus Carlsen and the online platform, among others.
"I believe that Niemann has cheated more — and more recently — than he has publicly admitted," Magnus Carlsen, above, said in a statement. (Jon Gambrell/AP) ...
The trickle of information about the cheating scandal wracking elite chess turned into a deluge Tuesday night, when Chess.com said it believes Hans Niemann, a 19-year-old grandmaster, cheated in ...
Hans Niemann — a teenage chess prodigy accused of cheating against Magnus Carlsen with vibrating “anal beads”— claimed he was defamed by his opponent and a major gaming institution.
Carlsen and Niemann have played against each other a couple of times over the board since the infamous cheating scandal that ...