Niemann accuses Carlsen of paying fellow chess player €300 to shout abuse
Niemann claims grandmaster was paid to shout ‘Cheater Hans’Allegations contained in latest legal submission from Niemann
Chess’s cheating scandal took another bizarre twist on Wednesday after the US teenager Hans Niemann accused world champion Magnus Carlsen of paying a fellow grandmaster €300 to scream “Cheater Hans” from a public balcony during a tournament.
The allegation is contained in an amended legal submission from Niemann, who is seeking $100m in damages from Carlsen, Chess.com and others for defamation, slander and “unlawfully colluding to blacklist him from the profession to which he has dedicated his life”.
