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Hans Niemann Cheating Chess Scandal Explained
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Hans Niemann Cheating Chess Scandal Explained

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Hans Niemann (19) USA was a rising world grandmaster. But ever since, there was recently an incident that would change hin chess career. He once cheated when he was 12 and 16 to increase his rating. However, he may have cheated when he was 19 but he is not admitting it. 

According to Elon Musk, Hans Niemann most likely cheated with a vibrating sex toy. Magnus also resigned in the first move of the game. That made the score 9 to 1 when he resigned.

Later, Magnus released a note about Hans cheating. It said that he was cheating and to organize an investigation. To his delight, an investigation started and soon Hans was banned from chess.com. Hans also may have cheated in more that 100 games. Now, Hans is still banned from chess.com today. Hans does not admit he cheated to this day which keeps the scandal on.