GM Hans Moke Niemann, whose cheating controversy and clash with ex-world champ Magnus Carlsen, Chess.com and other detractors has been resolved (for now), is back to, as he says, “letting the chess speak for itself.” He has played some of the most aggressive chess of the event so far and, despite a loss to GM Sam Shankland in Round 3, is in a three-way tied for second at 21/2-1½,
Strong fields, tight battles as U.S. national chess tourneys kick off
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Niemann subsequently filed his suit against Carlsen as well as the online giant Chess.com and U.S. GM Hikaru Nakamura, both of which also claimed Niemann had a record of cheating.
Hans Moke Niemann back at the chessboard as FIDE delays cheating analysis
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