The allegations against Hans Niemann made by world chess champion Magnus Carlsen spurred an online conspiracy theory shared by Elon Musk that Niemann used vibrating sex toys to cheat during a match.
ST. LOUIS (CN) — A chess prodigy has responded to cheating allegations that recently rocked the chess world, including that he used anal beads during a match to gain an advantage, with a $100 million defamation lawsuit filed Thursday in Missouri.
Hans Moke Niemann, a self-described 19-year-old self-taught chess prodigy, claims in St. Louis federal court that Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen aka Magnus Carlsen, a five-time reigning world chess champion and the highest-ranked player in chess history, defamed him and unlawfully colluded with others “to blacklist him from the profession to which he has dedicated his life.”
The complaint states that those false statements led to numerous widespread conspiracy theories on how Niemann could have cheated in a live match, including one that Elon Musk shared on Twitter suggesting he used anal beads – vibrating sex toys – that would give a certain pulse to indicate what move needed to be made. Musk is not named as a defendant in the lawsuit and has since deleted his tweet.
Along with Carlsen, Niemann sued Play Magnus Group - on online chess company created by Carlsen - as well as Chess.com LLC, Danny Rensch and Hikaru Nakamura.
Play Magnus did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment. The other defendants were unable to be reached.
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