Chess prodigy Hans Niemann is suing chess grandmaster Magnus Carlson and four others for $100 million

American teenage chess prodigy Hans Niemann has sued the Norwegian grandmaster he accused of using anal rhythms to cheat – as well as the online platform Chess.com, saying they defamed him and tried to blacklist him from the game.

In court filings filed in Missouri claims on Thursday that 31-year-old Magnus Carlsen, whom he describes as the self-styled ‘King of Chess’, feared the teenager would tarnish his multibillion-dollar brand after defeating him in September.

A few weeks after the incident, Chess.com published a report claiming that Niemann ‘probably cheated’ in hundreds of games.

Two other chess players – Daniel Rensch and Hikaru Nakamura – are also named as defendants.

Niemann, 19, denied the allegations and said he had only cheated twice in his life – at the ages of 12 and 16 – and that both offenses were some of his biggest regrets in life.

He is now seeking a trial “to recover from the devastating damage the defendants have caused to his reputation, career and life through their outrageous defamation and illegal conspiracy to blacklist him from the profession to which he has devoted his life,” it says in the lawsuit. .

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American teenage chess prodigy Hans Nieman has sued the Norwegian grandmaster, accusing him of using anal moves to cheat – as well as the online platform Chess.com

In court documents filed Thursday in Missouri, Niemann alleges that 31-year-old Magnus Carlsen, whom he describes as the self-proclaimed “King of Chess,” feared the teenager would tarnish his multibillion-dollar brand after winning. in September

Niemann was accused of using vibrating anal balls to communicate with his coach during the Sept. 4 tournament against Carlsen.

More than a week later, a 72-page report accused the ‘taught chess prodigy’ of cheating ‘more than 100 times.’