Hans Niemann

The grandmaster is suing world champion Magnus Carlsen and online platform Chess.com, among others.

“Hans confessed publicly to cheating online in the wake of the Sinquefield Cup, and the resulting fallout is of his own making,” the statement read. Niemann’s lawsuit said that Chess.com banned him “from its website and all of its future events to lend credence to Carlsen’s unsubstantiated and defamatory accusations of cheating”. [Chess star likely cheated over 100 times: Investigation](/news/2022/10/5/chess-grandmaster-niemann-cheated-more-than-100-times-wsj) [It’s International Chess Day. Weeks after the Sinquefield Cup, Carlsen resigned after just one move against Niemann in an online tournament and said later in September he believed Niemann had “cheated more – and more recently – than he has publicly admitted”. 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 Niemann had cheated. Niemann claimed that 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

The 19-year-old chess grandmaster says the world champion has mounted a libelous campaign against him since Niemann defeated Carlsen in September.

But, the lawsuit adds, "Unbeknownst to Niemann at the time, Defendants would do whatever it took ensure that this would never happen." Carlsen later stated outright that he would refuse to play Niemann because of his past links to cheating. He was also streaming in 25 of these games." He was already 17 when he likely cheated in some of these matches and games. The court filing accuses Rensch and Nakamura of using their influence to amplify and bolster Carlsen's claims that Niemann is a cheater. Defendants in the lawsuit include Carlsen, his company Play Magnus Group, the online platform Chess.com and its leader, Danny Rensch, along with grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura.

GM Hans Niemann has filed a defamation lawsuit against GM Magnus Carlsen, GM Hikaru Nakamura, Chess.com, the Play Magnus Group, and IM Danny Rensch, ...

Lawyers and non-lawyers online have already analyzed the filing in depth. As stated in its October 2022 report, Chess.com had historically dealt with Hans’ prior cheating privately, and was forced to clarify its position only after he spoke out publicly. The lawsuit is the next episode in the chess cheating scandal that has been reported widely upon in mainstream media since early September. He also reveals that a scheduled match with the young German grandmaster No one is sure of participation." For each cause of action, at least $100 million is claimed.

(AP) -- Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann alleges in a federal lawsuit that chess world champion Magnus Carlsen and others destroyed his career by falsely ...

Louis against chess world champion Magnus Carlsen, who has suggested Niemann cheated during his upset win over Carlsen at the Sinquefield Cup tournament in St. Hans Niemann filed the lawsuit Thursday in U.S. District Court in St.

Chess prodigy Hans Niemann has taken his feud with grandmaster Magnus Carlson to extraordinary new heights. The 19-year-old has filed a $100 million lawsuit ...

“Notorious for his inability to cope with defeat, Carlsen snapped,” the suit reads. This, paired with Chess.com’s $82 million acquisition of Play Magnus, Carlsen’s chess-app, led to Niemann’s claim in his suit that Carlsen teamed up with others to bring him down. As stated in its October 2022 report, Chess.com had historically dealt with Hans’ prior cheating privately, and was forced to clarify its position only after he spoke out publicly. The allegations began in September soon after the young chess star played against Carlsen at a major tournament in St. In their next game at the Sinquefield Cup, Carlsen pulled out after just one move, fueling suspicions of foul play. Chess prodigy Hans Niemann has taken his feud with grandmaster Magnus Carlson to extraordinary new heights.

A 19-year-old American grandmaster in the eye of a cheating storm is accusing two players and Chess.com of “colluding to blacklist” him.

[Sept. He [admitted to cheating](https://www.vice.com/en/article/z34qz8/chess-grandmaster-maxim-dlugy-admitted-to-cheating-on-chesscom-emails-show) in 2017 and 2020 tournaments. [reprehensible, ridiculous, and slanderous](https://www.chessdom.com/dlugy-something-very-bad-happened-in-carlsens-head-hans-niemann-should-go-to-court/).” Ironically, Dlugy’s career is tainted by cheating accusations, too. The complaint points to Chess.com buying Carlsen’s “Play Magnus” app for [filed a federal lawsuit](https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/niemann-carlsen-chess-complaint-usdc-missouri.pdf) on Oct. [Why the chess community actually grew when computers learned to play](https://qz.com/work/1329974/jobs-and-ai-if-you-are-worried-about-human-obsolescence-consider-chess/) [found no evidence](https://www.espn.in/espn/story/_/id/34736588/inside-chess-cheating-scandal-fight-soul-game) of Niemann cheating in the game. [since-deleted tweet](https://twitter.com/hansenchess/status/1567725189319852032?s=20&t=qRQnDHe1_MQ6ixy-oXWWkQ). 9:](https://twitter.com/chesscom/status/1568010971616100352]) Chess.com gives a public explanation for privately de-platforming Niemann over [multiple instances](https://www.wsj.com/articles/chess-cheating-hans-niemann-report-magnus-carlsen-11664911524?mod=article_inline) of cheating in online games and ongoing scrutiny [Sept. 4:](https://www.chess.com/blog/CHESScom/hans-niemann-report) Chess.com releases a “The Hans Niemann report” that alleges the American teen “likely cheated” in more than 100 games. 5:](https://twitter.com/MagnusCarlsen/status/1566848734616555523) Carlsen withdraws from the Sinquefield tournament. [in a statement](https://www.wsj.com/articles/chess-cheating-hans-niemann-magnus-carlsen-lawsuit-11666291319?mod=business_minor_pos4) quoted in the Wall Street Journal.

In his latest move in response to the cheating allegations, Niemann has accused world champion Magnus Carlsen and others of slander and libel.

“This game is a message to everyone,” he said in his first public comments since Chess.com released its report. And you know, ‘Chess speaks for itself.’ That’s all I can say.” He has repeatedly defended himself since the incident. Championship in St. [72-page report released earlier this month](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/us-chess-grandmaster-likely-cheated-100-online-games-investigation-fin-rcna50972), Chess.com said that while there were “many remarkable signals and unusual patterns” in Niemann’s play, there was no evidence he cheated in the match against Carlsen and no “direct evidence” proving he cheated in other over-the-board, or in-person, games in the past. [19-year-old chess star accused of cheating his way to the top](https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/19-year-old-chess-star-accused-of-cheating-his-way-to-the-top-149999173708)