The death of a young grandmaster accused of cheating by one of his childhood heroes has once again raised the spectre of fraud in the so-called Game of Kings.

June 27 (Reuters) - (This June 27 story has been corrected to say September 2019, not September 2022, in paragraph 6) A Missouri federal court on Tuesday dismissed U.S. chess prodigy Hans Niemann's ...

The American teen chess sensation at the forefront of a cheating scandal in the sport was accused of cheating dozens of more times than he previously admitted. Hans Niemann had been accused in recent ...

Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann was seen having his rear end inspected as he arrived to compete at the US Chess Championships in St. Louis on Tuesday. An official at the event repeatedly waved a metal ...

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A Reddit user recently pit the chess engine Stockfish, which has won the Top Chess Engine Championship eight times, against the notorious AI-powered conversation bot ChatGPT in a dismal chess match.