From the infamous accusations of collusion against Soviet players in 1962 to allegations of cheating made by Magnus Carlsen, Sky News looks at the turbulent history of professional chess 👇
Carlsen, the current world number one and widely considered to be one of the best of all time, pulled out of a tournament earlier this month after losing to teenager Hans Niemann.Advertisement
Niemann has admitted to cheating in online games in the past, but has rejected any suggestions he has ever done so in over the board chess or that he has used computer assistance in a major tournament.The Carlsen-Niemann feud may be under the spotlight, but it's by no means the first scandal to hit the chess world.
He claimed that the players who eventually finished as the top three - Tigran Petrosian, Paul Keres and Efin Geller - had prearranged to draw all 12 of the their games against each other in order to conserve their energy for the end of the tournament.
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