Cheating and chess: How to win easy

Cheating and chess, however, have a long history. It may not even be necessary for a high-level player to require assistance for an entire game, help at critical points in the game can have a dramatic impact on the outcome as well

Magnus Carlsen on Monday openly accused Hans Niemann of cheating, saying that he believed Niemann had “cheated more — and more recently — than he has admitted”. Cheating and chess, however, have a long history. It may not even be necessary for a high-level player to require assistance for an entire game, help at critical points in the game can have a dramatic impact on the outcome as well.

(AFP)

Here, we take a look at the many ways players cheat in a game... and how they ended up getting caught.

Electronic scoresheets software can be cloned and used to cheat. (HT grfx)