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Chess: Niemann puts controversy aside and wins $50,000 first prize in Warsaw
US grandmaster scored biggest success of his career at the Grand Chess Tour Rapid & Blitz and is close to world top 10 Hans Niemann, the controversial US grandmaster whose game with Magnus Carlsen at the 2022 Sinquefield Cup led to cheating allegations, a $100m lawsuit, an out of court settlement, the Netflix documentary Untold: Chess Mates , and a forthcoming book, scored the most important success of his career last weekend. Niemann, competing as a wildcard, won the $50,000 first prize at…
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