Events and controversies that led Hans Neimann to file $100 million lawsuit against Magnus Carlsen.

A month after being accused of cheating by Magnus Carlsen, the US US chess grandmaster Hans Niemann has filed a federal lawsuit against the reigning world champion, Chess.com and others (including Blitz monster Hikaru Nakamura who joined the party by himself).

The suit is for 100 million dollars which is a million or two more than the global net worth of chess networking. In short, The Hans Niemann lawsuit is worth more than the entire global chess market.

It all started on September 4, when Niemann beat Carlsen at the Sinquefield Cup. The next day, Carlsen withdrew from the tournament. Next week, the Norwegian then quit a game against Niemann at the online Julius Baer Generation Cup after making just one move.

Magnus Carlsen then posted a statement on Twitter in which he said he believed 19-year-old American opponent Hans Niemann “has cheated more — and more recently — than he has publicly admitted.”

Carlsen is considered by many, including himself, to be the greatest chess player of all time, but lost to Niemann in an in-person game in September. As per the Chess Boss Neimann was not paying attention to the game and was moving at a rapid speed in a classical match. Hans defeated him with ease. This is all the evidence that has been stated by Magnus Carlsen.

In a 72-page investigation (yes, investigation for chess match) published on the site, Chess.com concluded that Niemann likely cheated in more than 100 online games, including some for prize money.

Niemann is also suing grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura for repeating the accusations while streaming video content on Chess.com. Hikaru has analysed the graph of rise of Hans (like a professional analyst) many times in his stream corroborating the statement of Carlsen.

Levy Rozman famously (not that famous though) known as Gotham Chess tweeted “Dear rest of the world, chess is a wonderful game. You should absolutely try it out. We are much more than cheating scandals, anal beads, and $100,000,000 lawsuits!”