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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chess's international governing body said Wednesday it's considering disciplinary action against a former Russian world champion ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vladimir Kramnik, left, and Veselin Topalov during a match dubbed "Tolietgate" in Elista, Russia, in 2006. (Mergen Bembinov / AP ...

Ever since the chess world went into collective panic over allegations of cheating among super-grandmasters back in 2022, the game has been roiled by rampant paranoia. Tournaments have scaled up ...

Magnus Carlsen (left) and Hans Niemann at the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships in 2025, playing each other again three years after the scandal involving the pair Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty ...

The International Chess Federation is investigating a Russian grandmaster for allegations of cheating he leveled at fellow elite players, including 29-year-old U.S. grandmaster and YouTube sensation ...

During the last one year, the sport of chess has been rocked by allegations of cheating by several players. The most publicised story was the one involving Hans Niemann. The situation was such that ...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The international governing body for chess on Friday suspended former world champion Vladimir Kramnik for at least a year after he leveled unproven allegations of cheating ...

In its opening moments, Untold: Chess Mates contextualizes a cheating scandal that rocked the top tiers of competitive chess in 2022—which spiraled out of control with allegations of a player using ...

Chess's international governing body said Wednesday it's considering disciplinary action against a former Russian world champion who persistently leveled unproven cheating allegations at Daniel ...