Hans Niemann stämmer Magnus Carlsen, chess.com och Hikaru Nakamura på miljardbelopp

We present evidence in this report that Hans likely cheated online much more than his public
statements suggest. However, while Hans has had a record-setting and remarkable rise in rating
and strength, in our view there is a lack of concrete statistical evidence that he cheated in his game
with Magnus or in any other over-the-board (“OTB”)—i.e., in-person—games. We are presenting
our findings here and will cooperate with FIDE on any further investigation.

Despite the public speculation on these questions, in our view, there is no direct evidence that proves Hans cheated at the September 4, 2022 game with Magnus, or proves that he has cheated in other OTB games in the past.
That said, as set forth more fully below in Section X, we believe certain aspects of the September 4 game were suspicious, and Hans’ explanation of his win post-event added to our suspicion. As to his OTB play more generally, in Section VII below we discuss what we believe are apparent anomalies in Hans’ rise in OTB rating. Of note, we discuss how Hans became the fastest rising top player in Classical OTB chess in modern recorded history much later in life than his peers and did it after we had removed him from playing on our site in 2020.