It’s the story that has rocked chess and shown no sign of abating. The cheating scandal which has engulfed the sport, involving five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen, is all anyone is talking about.

Remember the anal bead cheating controversy? As much as I’d like to forget, it turns out that a lot of people are still thinking about it. Some chess players have reported an uptick of computer-aided ...

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. Daniel Naroditsky, 29, was a pioneer in ...

For someone ranked No. 2 in the world, playing competitive games of chess sits curiously low on grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura’s list of priorities. “I look at it as something to do to get away from ...

After Niemann earned a shock win over world champion Magnus Carlsen in September, Carlsen had publicly accused Niemann of cheating Teenage chess grandmaster Hans Niemann has "likely cheated" in more ...

American grandmaster Hans Niemann filed a lawsuit Thursday against five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen and online platform Chess.com – the latest twist in the cheating saga that has shaken the ...

As much attention as this most recent scandal has received, chess cheaters have long used elaborate technology-assisted techniques to win games. Reading time 2 minutes The chess world remains aflame ...

There is a singular misery to trying your very best, after months of training, only to be crushed by a 6-year-old. Last December, I spent a cloudy day holed up at the Mechanics' Institute, a venerable ...

One of the greatest chess dramas of the 21st century hasn’t ended with the bang of a chess-cheating vibrator hitting the floor but with the whimper of an arbitration agreement. On Monday, Chess.com ...

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. On the second day of this year’s Grenke Chess Open, Europe’s largest ...