https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/m7g5qy/chesscom-releases-72-page-hans-niemann-report-claiming-he-likely-cheated-in-more-than-100-games > Chess.com released a 72-page “Hans Niemann Report” at midnight that claims “Hans likely cheated online much more than his public statements suggest,” and also claims that his statistical improvement in over-the-board (OTB) chess would be by far the greatest in the known history of chess, and that the rate and extent of his improvement would far outpace that of Bobby Fischer and all known chess prodigies.  > The bombshell report is the latest wrinkle in the ongoing chess cheating drama that started when Niemann, 19, beat chess world champion Magnus Carlsen last month in an OTB chess match at the Sinquefield Cup, one of the highest profile chess tournaments in the world. Following that match, Carlsen dropped out of the tournament and slyly suggested that Niemann cheated; that has since blown up into a sport-wide shitstorm about cheating in chess and how it is policed. Excerpts from the Chess.com report were first published by the Wall Street Journal.