♟ Chess has enjoyed a 'Queen's Gambit'-fueled boom since 2020, but recent real-world events are stranger and more entertaining than anything Netflix could cook up. A timeline of the massive Hans Niemann-Magnus Carlsen controversy ⬇️
Not everybody thinks Niemann cheated. In fact, the leading expert on chess cheating detection analyzed all of his games over the last two years, including online games, andWe may never know if Niemann cheated in St. Louis. But the fact that he could have done so without being detected raises significant questions about the future of chess.
Like post-steroid era baseball, chess could soon face a reality where any run of success is met with skepticism and cheating accusations. Tournaments may need to have more thorough screenings or alter how matches are broadcast to put competitors and fans at ease. Russian grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi suggested "playing naked in a locked room" is the only way to eliminate cheating completely.
He was joking, but "the mere idea suggested how extraordinary the rules might have to become to eliminate even a whiff of funny business," writes WSJ's Joshua RobinsonCarlsen and Niemann could meet again this weekend in the finals of the Generation Cup if they win their quarterfinal matches Thursday and semifinal matches Friday — and assuming Carlsen shows up.
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