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[NoJoke @NoJokeChris]

This US Chess fed board member is not so subtly threatening to sue me. I also received a similar threatening email from US Chess president Randy Bauer.

Even worse, they threaten to sue my employer Lichess, which has no connection to what I say on my personal twitter account.

[Unsubstantiated Chess Rumors @ChessRumors]

Some players are asked to join a zoom call while playing in Titled Tuesday to be monitored and some are not.

Last week Hans won a Titled Tuesday. For the next tournament he was asked to join the zoom call. He seems to say he will always be on the zoom call from now on.

[Unsubstantiated Chess Rumors @ChessRumors]

Hans will not be invited to events at the Saint Louis Chess Club for 2024.

He destroyed a hotel room that the club purchased for him, causing thousands in damage.

[Unsubstantiated Chess Rumors @ChessRumors]

Hans claims he never said he would become the first American World Champion.

Here is a video of him saying he will become the first American World Champion.

[Hans Niemann @HansMokeNiemann]

Contrary to popular belief, I NEVER SAID I WAS GOING TO BECOME THE FIRST AMERICAN WORLD CHAMPION. Hikaru and Fabiano have reiterated these claims on multiple occasions. They are obviously not stupid enough to believe that I'm unaware of Fischer's World Championship title and are just provoking for no reason. Just like to clarify that their ridiculous claims are unfounded.

[Unsubstantiated Chess Rumors @ChessRumors]

FIDE has always known that Magnus won't play in the 2024 candidates tournament.

The reason they continue to list him on their website and social media posts is to trick journalists and potential sponsors that don't follow the sport closely enough to understand he isn't playing.

[Unsubstantiated Chess Rumors @ChessRumors]

It was always obvious that Chess24 was purchased to be shut down, although Rensch denied it.

"The future of Chess24 will always be intact."

"We have no intention to shut it down."

[chess24 @chess24com]

Dear chess24 community,

Thank you for joining us on this incredible journey and being a part of something special! Regrettably, we will be closing down the chess24 site and apps at the end of January.

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[Unsubstantiated Chess Rumors @ChessRumors]

Wesley So has deleted his twitter account.

[Unsubstantiated Chess Rumors @ChessRumors]

Kramnik is not the first to post cheat accusations on his profile page.

In 2017 Wesley So thought Alireza Firouzja was cheating and wrote "Saddened to know even 14 year olds from Iran cheat" on his profile.

[Unsubstantiated Chess Rumors @ChessRumors]

GM Wesley So's twitter likes are full of all of the worst Right wing cranks and bigotry. Matt Walsh, Trump, Majorie Taylor Green etc.

He's liked a post saying "Trans Women are Con Men" and post about boycotts of companies that celebrate pride month.

[Unsubstantiated Chess Rumors @ChessRumors]

Some of my replies have the odd idea that Hans didn't win his lawsuit.

ChessCom reversed his ban and Magnus issued a statement saying there was no evidence of cheating in their game and he would play Hans if they met again.

Hans has also hinted that he won a cash settlement

[Unsubstantiated Chess Rumors @ChessRumors]

The original version of the ChessCom blog clearing Nakamura of cheat suspicion listed that they had "ran simulations on ChatGTP" as evidence of Nakamura's innocence.

That portion of the blog was quickly removed.

[Unsubstantiated Chess Rumors @ChessRumors]

Kramnik has answered the ChessCom blog clearing Nakamura of cheating suspicion with a lawsuit threat, claiming he never accused Nakamura of anything.

Kramnik was certainly accusing Nakamura, so he shouldn't have a case, but neither did Hans and he eventually won.

[Unsubstantiated Chess Rumors @ChessRumors]

Nakamura once threatened to track down 14 year old future GM Andrew Tang after Tang scored 20% against him in a long match.

"I'll find out the IP and then we'll see who it is"

Did Nakamura have access to private ChessCom data?

[Unsubstantiated Chess Rumors @ChessRumors]

Kramnik will need to make baseless cheating accusations for many more years to catch up to the number of times Hikaru has done it.

[Unsubstantiated Chess Rumors @ChessRumors]

Chess24 has now been down for many hours without any official word about what is happening.

It's not yet clear if Chess24 is being shut down, but it was always obvious that this was the goal of the ChessCom purchase despite repeated denials.

[Unsubstantiated Chess Rumors @ChessRumors]

source: https://t.co/FFjVymdBK1

[Unsubstantiated Chess Rumors @ChessRumors]

Hackers have published a list of emails for 800k ChessCom users

In response, ChessCom makes a statement both apologizing and saying there was no breach because emails were meant to be public info.

Did you know that your email would be published when you signed up for Chesscom?

[Josephine Cumbo @JosephineCumbo]

SCOOP: The world’s largest online chess website https://t.co/3yvVWPGnGz is removing English grandmaster Simon Williams from games commentary. The move comes after Williams, FIDE ranked, was ordered by the Pension Ombudsman to repay £730,000 to a scheme which he was trustee.

[Unsubstantiated Chess Rumors @ChessRumors]

https://t.co/TELWoAbhT8

[Unsubstantiated Chess Rumors @ChessRumors]

GM Simon Williams pension liberation scam was almost unnoticed in the chess world, but the financially distressed people he took advantage of will certainly remember.

[Unsubstantiated Chess Rumors @ChessRumors]

The years of experience GM Simon Williams has as a scammer could prove valuable in his job as a commentator for the AI cup.

In between games they're also peddling NFTs to viewers.