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Chess Legend Magnus Carlsen Lost to Upstart Hans Niemann—Then All Hell Broke Loose

Summary by Vanity Fair
In an excerpt from his new book, Checkmate: Genius, Lies, Ambition, and the Biggest Scandal in Chess, author Ben Mezrich explores every angle of the match where Niemann improbably beat Carlsen, leading Carlsen to imply that Niemann had cheated—and inspiring one enterprising internet troll to speculate about the, ahem, unorthodox methods Niemann could have used to do so.

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The victory against Magnus Carlsen shocked the world. Afterwards, however, bizarre cheating accusations were leveled against Hans Niemann. “My whole life has started to be about anal beads,” Niemann says in a new Netflix documentary.

·Stockholm, Sweden
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Hans Niemann fyrer laus mot Magnus Carlsen i ein ny dokumentar. Særleg éi hending gir den norske verdsstjerna ei dårleg kjensle.

·Norway
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Chess star Hans Niemann (22) claims he was a victim of Magnus Carlsen's rise in the chess industry. The theory is dismissed in a new Netflix documentary.

·Oslo, Norway
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Vanity Fair broke the news in United States on Monday, April 6, 2026.
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