Chess Legend Magnus Carlsen Lost to Upstart Hans Niemann—Then All Hell Broke Loose

In an excerpt from his new book, Checkmate: Genius, Lies, Ambition, and the Biggest Scandal in Chess, author Ben Mezrich explores every angle of the match where Niemann improbably beat Carlsen, leading Carlsen to imply that Niemann had cheated—and inspiring one enterprising internet troll to speculate about the, ahem, unorthodox methods Niemann could have used to do so.