Tunde Onakoya, a Nigerian chess champion and child education advocate, plays a chess game in Times Square, Friday, April 19, 2024, in New York Yuki Iwamura/AP hide caption
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"Obviously, it's very disheartening to be accused of cheating," chess grandmaster Hans Niemann said. Asked about a bizarre idea that vibrating anal beads could signal players about the best moves, he replied, "That is not a serious theory." Tim Vizer/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Visitors play chess at The World Chess Club Berlin in Germany on May 9. The German Chess Federation described the new international policies for transgender chess players as discriminatory. Sean Gallup/Getty Images hide caption
Hans Niemann has filed a lawsuit accusing chess world champion Magnus Carlsen and others of defamation, in the latest twist to a cheating scandal that has roiled the world of elite chess. Tim Vizer/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Chess.com alleges that 19-year-old grandmaster Hans Niemann has cheated in more than 100 games. Pongkiat Rungrojkarnka/EyeEm/Getty Images/EyeEm hide caption
Magnus Carlsen (left) and Hans Niemann face off at the Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis on Sept. 4. The two had a rematch on Monday, but Carlsen only played one move before resigning from the game. Crystal Fuller/Grand Chess Tour hide caption
A robot plays a game of chess against a man in 1985. Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption
Magnus Carlsen of Norway competes during the FIDE World Championship in in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Dec. 10, 2021. Jon Gambrell/AP hide caption
Sergey Karjakin competes in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 2017. Karjakin has repeatedly shared Russian propaganda and endorsed the war in recent weeks. Salah Malkawi/Getty Images hide caption
Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia (left) and Magnus Carlsen of Norway talk after Carlsen won the FIDE World Championship in 2021. FIDE has banned competitions in Russia and Belarus in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Jon Gambrell/AP hide caption
Georgian chess champion Nona Gaprindashvili plays at the International Chess Congress in London on Dec. 30, 1964. She is suing Netflix for defamation and invasion of privacy over its series The Queen's Gambit. Stanley Sherman/Getty Images hide caption
Tanitoluwa Adewumi, pictured in 2019, just became the newest national chess master in the U.S. at age 10. Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images hide caption
Meet America's Newest Chess Master, 10-Year-Old Tanitoluwa Adewumi
Anya Taylor-Joy plays a swaggering chess prodigy in the new Netflix hit, The Queen's Gambit. It's success may lead to a shortage of chess sets this holiday season. Phil Bray/Netflix hide caption
Can't Find A Chess Set? You Can Thank 'The Queen's Gambit' For That
Nine-year-old Tani Adewumi was hoping to defend his title this weekend at the New York State Scholastic Chess Championship. The tournament was canceled due to Coronavirus. When Tani won the primary school division in 2019, he was living with his family in a homeless shelter. HarperCollins hide caption
This Young Chess Champion Is 'Not Scared Of Anything On That Board'
Defending world champion Magnus Carlsen, who is Norwegian, decisively beat his opponent, American Fabiano Caruana, at the World Chess Championship on Wednesday in London. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images hide caption
Reigning chess world champion Magnus Carlsen (right), from Norway, plays Italian-American challenger Fabiano Caruana in the first few minutes of round 12 of their World Chess Championship match on Monday in London. Matt Dunham/AP hide caption
Killip Elementary third graders Alexa Cardenas (left) and Luis Gonzalez (right) are preparing for the chess SuperNationals. Laurel Morales/Fronteras hide caption
The Idea Was To Keep Kids Safe After School. Now They're Chess Champions
Hou Yifan of China stands beside a scoreboard following her win in a "blinfold" chess tournament at the Beijing 2012 World Mind Games in Beijing. Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
World chess champion Magnes Carlsen (right) won't play his computer or play the game like a computer. Instead, he chooses his strategy based on what he knows about his opponent. Sebastian Reuter/Getty Images for World Chess by Agon Limited hide caption
20 Years Later, Humans Still No Match For Computers On The Chessboard
Garry Kasparov speaks to the media outside Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport on May 18, 2007, after Russian police released him from detention. Misha Japaridze/AP hide caption
Children make their moves at the Katwe Chess Academy, located in a slum in Kampala, Uganda. The Academy is where Phiona Mutesi, whose story is the basis for the movie Queen of Katwe, learned to play. Martina Bacigalupo for NPR hide caption
Maurice Ashley, a chess grandmaster and the first African-American to hold that title, talks with his son, Jayden. Carolyn Cole/LA Times/Getty Images hide caption
Chess players score a game at the facility. Keith O'Brien for NPR hide caption
In the game Go, players use white or black stones to attempt to fence off territory. iStockphoto hide caption