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Hans Niemann likely cheated over 100 times, top chess site finds

A child reaches for a giant chess piece on a board during the FIDE Chess World Championship Dubai 2021, on December 1, 2021 [File: Giuseppe Cacace/AFP]

An investigation carried out by Chess.com, the game’s top online platform, has found that Hans Moke Niemann has cheated more than 100 times, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The American grandmaster, 19, had recently denied allegations of cheating after five-time world chess champion Magnus Carlsen published a statement last month accusing him of cheating more often than he previously admitted to, pointing to how Niemann’s over-the-board progress has been “unusual”.

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