American chess grandmaster Hans Niemann, the 19-year old phenom accused of cheating, was to play his first-round match at the 2022 US Chess Championships on Wednesday. The scandal is the talk of the board.
World champion Magnus Carlsen has called cheating "an existential threat to the game," in comments following his withdrawal from one competition and sudden resignation in another when playing an American teenager.
The tournament is taking place at the Saint Louis Chess Club, which is located right across the street from the World Chess Hall of Fame, at Maryland and Euclid.