{"id":103275,"date":"2022-10-21T01:21:06","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T01:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/chess-grandmaster-hans-niemann-files-defamation-lawsuit-claim-100-million-in-damages\/"},"modified":"2022-10-21T01:21:06","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T01:21:06","slug":"chess-grandmaster-hans-niemann-files-defamation-lawsuit-claim-100-million-in-damages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/chess-grandmaster-hans-niemann-files-defamation-lawsuit-claim-100-million-in-damages\/","title":{"rendered":"Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann files defamation lawsuit claim $100 million in damages"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n         \u2014<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_7A526DE4-A16A-7340-619C-F6F556D859CC@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\">\n<p>      The cheating scandal that has consumed the chess world has taken its latest twist as American grandmaster Hans Niemann filed a defamation lawsuit against world champion Magnus Carlsen amongst others in a Missouri court on Thursday.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_991707A2-2E7E-3CA2-DB0E-F78728DAE383@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\">\n<p>      In the lawsuit, Niemann and his attorneys state that they are seeking at least $100 million in damages.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_C745B145-2EA1-427F-BC8D-F786ADC05199@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\">\n<p>      \u201cMy speaks for itself,\u201d Niemann <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HansMokeNiemann\/status\/1583164606029365248\" target=\"_blank\">tweeted<\/a> along with a copy of the argument.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_776771EF-BB53-15CE-5624-F786ADC3F4ED@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\">\n<p>      In the federal lawsuit filed in the Eastern Missouri District Court, 19-year-old Niemann states that the Norwegian Carlsen, online platform Chess.com, their chief chess officer Daniel Rensch and popular streamer Hikaru Nakamura have been \u201cegregiously defaming him and unlawfully colluding to blacklist him from the profession to which he has dedicated his life.\u201d\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_3289D4A0-283D-8186-93EE-F786ADC5453C@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\">\n<p>      Niemann is suing the defendants for slander libel, among other and.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_2C3C8BE1-9515-A44A-BC52-F786ADC7FAB0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\">\n<p>      Niemann also states that the actions of the defendants have caused \u201cdevastating damages,\u201d and that since Carlsen made the initial cheating after the pair met at the Sinquefield Cup in St.  Louis on September 4, Niemann has had invitations to prestigious tournaments and matches revoked.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_4B30F6A4-C87D-2204-79F0-F786ADC98A0B@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\">\n<p>      Chess.com responded to the suit via a statement from their lawyers, Nina Mohebbi and Jamie Wine.  The statement notes that Chess.com is \u201csaddened\u201d by Niemann&#8217;s decision as the argument \u201churts the game of chess and its devoted players.\u201d\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_1354EF2F-E4C7-AEC0-346C-F786ADCADB16@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\">\n<p>      \u201cHans confessed publicly to cheating online in the wake of the Sinquefield Cup, and the resulting fallout is of his own making,\u201d the statement adds.  \u201cAs stated in its October 2022 report, Chess.com had historically dealt with Hans&#8217; prior cheating privately, and was forced to clarify its position only after he spoke out publicly.\u201d\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_42E5B58F-096B-8253-BA01-F786ADCD05E2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\">\n<p>      \u201cThere is no merit to Hans.com is, and Chess.com looks forward to setting the record straight on behalf of its team and all honest chess players,\u201d the statement says.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_59CE9BF2-AA13-FCF0-3853-F786ADCF7D60@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\">\n<p>      CNN has reached out to Carlsen and Nakamura for comment.\n  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN \u2014 The cheating scandal that has consumed the chess world has taken its latest twist as American grandmaster Hans Niemann filed a defamation lawsuit against world champion Magnus Carlsen amongst others in a Missouri court on Thursday. In the lawsuit, Niemann and his attorneys state that they are seeking at least $100 million in &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/chess-grandmaster-hans-niemann-files-defamation-lawsuit-claim-100-million-in-damages\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann files defamation lawsuit claim $100 million in damages<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[32729,8379,8380,32730,25821,14989,10099,32731,8383],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":103616,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/hans-niemann-files-100-million-lawsuit-against-magnus-carlsen-chess-com\/","url_meta":{"origin":103275,"position":0},"title":"Hans Niemann files $100 million lawsuit against Magnus Carlsen, Chess.com","date":"October 21, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Comment on this storyCommentHans Niemann, the 19-year-old American chess player at the heart of cheating champion that have rocked the chess world, on Thursday filed a lawsuit in US District Court in Missouri accusing online chess platform Chess.com and world Magnus Carlsen of defamation and collusion, among other infractions. 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