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Hans Niemann faces new unsubstantiated cheating claims after winning Tournament of Peace with near-flawless run

American grandmaster Hans Niemann has found himself confronted by unsubstantiated cheating allegations once more after he convincingly won the historic Tournament of Peace 2023 in Croatia’s Zagreb on Thursday. His margin of victory was by a massive three points over the rest of the 10-man field. He won seven games and drew two in the tournament in which everyone was a grandmaster. Despite that, he went unbeaten at the tournament. However, his victory was soured after a tournament organiser reportedly told the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten that while there was no proof that the American GM had cheated, there had been “indications”. On her X account, grandmaster Susan Polgar shared a quote from the organiser, who called Niemann’s performance “out of this world”. Polgar’s tweet quoted...
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New cheating scandal in chess: Vladimir Kramnik boycotts popular platform due to ‘too many obvious cheaters’

Former world champion Vladimir Kramnik announced he will not play games on Chess dot com anymore due to what he called “too many obvious cheaters” on the popular platform. While he did not name any player, Kramnik recently played a few games against American GM Hans Niemann, who recently buried the hatchet with Magnus Carlsen and the portal for their allegations that he had been cheating. “I have decided to stop playing on chesscom from tomorrow on. Just too many obvious cheaters here and nothing is done to clean the platform from those small crooks. Harsh words but true. Would continue informing those who care publishing interesting statistics though (sic),” said the Russian legend. He went on to add: “Hope would come back one day if it will be cleaned from at least obvious cheaters. ...