Chess.com probe finds Niemann cheated more than he admitted

By Errol Tiwari On In Chess with Errol |
Managing Director of the Guyana Deaf Association Sabine McIntosh (second, right) held a learning session on chess with teachers at the David Rose School for the Handicapped recently.
Managing Director of the Guyana Deaf Association Sabine McIntosh (second, right) held a learning session on chess with teachers at the David Rose School for the Handicapped recently.

In his first tournament after an investigation by Chess.com reported that he had likely cheated in more than 100 online games, 19-year-old American Grandmaster Hans Niemann won the first game and drew the second. The report said there was no evidence that he had cheated in ‘over-the-board’ games.

Niemann beat American Grandmaster Christopher Yoo at the US Championship, which is being played ‘over-the-board’. It began on October 5 and ends on October 19 and involves grandmasters including Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Leinier Dominguez and Levon Aronian, all top 2700 players, and for the women, Irina Krush and Carissa Yip.