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No place for a rook: Cheating scandal rocks chess world

By Jack Birle
Published September 25, 2022 10:25am ET
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No place for a rook: Cheating scandal rocks chess world
A bizarre controversy has taken over the world of professional chess and thrust it into the mainstream, centered on accusations of cheating and a sex toy. Norwegian Magnus Carlsen, the world No. 1, abruptly left his online match against American Hans Niemann at the Julius Baer Generation Cup Monday after only one move. Carlsen withdrew […]


A bizarre controversy has taken over the world of professional chess and thrust it into the mainstream, centered on accusations of cheating and a sex toy.

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