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According to a recent investigation, American chess grandmaster Hans Mok Niemann cheated more than 100 times during his online professional career.
According to a 72-page report from Chess.com investigating Neimann's performance, Neimann broke the rules in tournaments as recently as 2020, citing "many remarkable signals and unusual patterns in Hans' path as a player.
According to the report, Niemann probably used illegal computer aids to help him in more than 100 online chess games, more than what he has already publicly admitted.
It revealed that the prodigy was banned from the website, though this was never made public, and that he had privately admitted to Chess.com that he had cheated on multiple occasions.
According to the article, Niemann admitted to cheating to Chess.com COO Danny Rensch over a Zoom call and later documented his confession in a Slack chat.
The devastating allegations follow Niemann making headlines in September after Magnus Carlsen, the 31-year-old reigning global chess champion, implied that he was a cheater.
On September 4, Niemann defeated Carlsen in the prestigious Sinquefield Cup, the infamous match in which the 19-year-old was accused of communicating with his instructor using vibrating anal beads.
Niemann vehemently refuted Carlsen's claims, claiming that he had only ever cheated twice in his life, when he was 12 and 16, and that both transgressions were among his greatest regrets.
Now, it seems Hans Niemann is getting a full body scan as he competes in the US Championship Tournament. He won the first round and was reacted to his win saying: "this game was so beautiful that I don't even need to describe it", and walks out. Holy content.
Fans reacted to the confirmed cheating news and allegations of anal beads accordingly.