Untold: Chess Mates
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How did a match between chess grandmasters devolve into a bizarre scandal about anal beads?
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Matt Roush says...
And you thought The Queen’s Gambit was riveting. A new edition of the sports anthology focuses on the mental arena of chess championships, where controversy broke out in 2022 when world champion player Magnus Carlsen accused American upstart Hans Niemann of cheating after an upset loss at the Sinquefield Cup. Niemann admitted to having cheated in the past while playing online, but never during an over-the-board competition. Rumors, some outrageous, flew as Neimann sued to restore his reputation.
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