Hans Niemann, Magnus Carlsen & Hikaru settle dispute after adult toy chess cheating claims Pixabay\/GMHikaruHans Niemann has been cleared of using an adult toy to cheat at chess following a viral scandal and accusations by Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura. The chess world was rocked by cheating allegations last year when 19-year-old Grandmaster Hans Niemann defeated Magnus Carlsen twice, leading to insulations of foul play. This ended up resulting in theories about how Niemann could be cheating from popping up, including one popularized by Twitch star Felix \u2018xQc\u2019 Lengyel that an adult toy could be transmitting moves. Now, according to Chess.com, all sides involved have settled their differences with their legal dispute now over and the three are able to talk freely about their views. Hans Niemann cleared of using adult toy to cheat at chess The accusations against Niemann resulted in the chess prodigy suing both Magnus Carlsen & Hikaru for $100M, but luckily, an agreement has been reached and the chess world can move forward. Chess.com says that it stands by its 2022 report that Hans didn\u2019t cheat in any in-person games and has been fully reinstated. \u201cI am pleased that my lawsuit against Magnus Carlsen and Chess.com has been resolved in a mutually acceptable manner, and that I am returning to Chess.com,\u201d Niemann said. \u201cI look forward to competing against Magnus in chess rather than in court.\u201d Meanwhile, GM Hikaru says he felt like he was dragged into this whole ordeal, but said it\u2019s \u201cgood\u201d that chess can move forward and glad that cheating continues to be taken seriously online and over the board. (segment begins at 5:11) Carlsen accepted the decision, saying that he \u201cacknowledges\u201d and \u201cunderstands\u201d the report, and has agreed to compete against Niemann in future games if they\u2019re matched against each other. It\u2019s not clear when Carlsen and Niemann might end up competing against one another once more, but it will be a must-watch event when the two battle it out on the board.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hans Niemann, Magnus Carlsen & Hikaru settle dispute after adult toy chess cheating claims Pixabay\/GMHikaruHans Niemann has been cleared of using an adult toy to cheat at chess following a viral scandal and accusations by Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura. The chess world was rocked by cheating allegations last year when 19-year-old Grandmaster Hans Niemann […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49438\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}