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Chess’s fusty image has been shaken by recent allegations of underhand tactics. But as any fan or player can tell you, it has long been younger, hipper – and wilder – than most outsiders realised

A few years ago, the chess website Chess.com temporarily banned US grandmaster Hans Niemann for playing chess moves online that the site suspected had been suggested to him by a computer program. It had reportedly previously banned his mentor Maxim Dlugy.

A 19-year-old defeated Magnus Carlsen, often described as the best chess player who ever lived. Chaos followed, reports Richard Hall

The scandal has been the talk of the chess world this month. Interest exploded last week after Carlsen resigned from a match against Niemann after making only one move.

Magnus Carlsen came out and said what everyone in chess had been speculating about for weeks.

Shocking the chess world on September 19, the world’s top-ranked player Magnus Carlsen resigned from a game against 19-year-old Grandmaster Hans Niemann in the Julius Baer Generation Cup, after just one move.

Magnus Carlsen, the chess world champion, has accused the American teenager of ‘cheating more – and more recently – then he has publicly admitted’

Once a pawn a time, the chess world was in perfect harmony. Grandmasters would coexist, there was no beef between players, and everything was glorious. But now, the chess world has been absolutely shaken, rattled and rolled. If you’re looking for the ultimate recap of all the drama in the…

A 19-year-old defeated Magnus Carlsen, often described as the best chess player who ever lived. Chaos followed, reports Richard Hall

A 19-year-old defeated Magnus Carlsen, often described as the best chess player who ever lived. Chaos followed, reports Richard Hall

A 19-year-old defeated Magnus Carlsen, often described as the best chess player who ever lived. Chaos followed, reports Richard Hall