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The '''chess cheating scandal''' of 2022 concerned a highly unlikely ostensible victory by a 19-year-old relatively low-ranked player named Hans Niemann, playing with the weaker black pieces, against the greatest player of our time, [[Magnus Carlsen]], while Carlsen was on an unbeaten streak.  This was the second improbable defeat by Niemann with the black pieces against Carlsen in merely a few months.  Carslen then quit the [[chess]] tournament, which is nearly unprecedented, and some infer his comment afterwards to mean that he felt he had been cheated.  Niemann denied that he cheated.

The '''chess cheating scandal''' of 2022 concerned a highly unlikely ostensible victory by a 19-year-old relatively low-ranked player named Hans Niemann, playing with the weaker black pieces, against the greatest player of our time, [[Magnus Carlsen]], while Carlsen was on an unbeaten streak.  This was the second improbable defeat by Niemann with the black pieces against Carlsen in merely a few months.  Carslen then quit the [[chess]] tournament, which is nearly unprecedented, and some infer his comment afterwards to mean that he felt he had been cheated.  Niemann denied that he cheated.

The odds of a player of Niemann's lower ranking defeating the high-ranking Carlsen twice with the black pieces is estimated to be only 1 in 2,500.

The odds of a player of Niemann's lower rank defeating the high-ranking Carlsen twice with the black pieces is estimated to be only 1 in 2,500.

Amid the controversy, women looking and dressed like casino workers oddly showed up at the [[Saint Louis Chess Club]], where the tournament was held, in order to stand foolishly against [[Magnus Carlsen]].

Amid the controversy, women looking and dressed like casino workers oddly showed up at the [[Saint Louis Chess Club]], where the tournament was held, in order to stand foolishly against [[Magnus Carlsen]].