Under-fire US chess star responds in cheating row

Hans Niemann has rejected claims he has been involved in widespread cheating

Teenage US chess prodigy Hans Niemann has sternly rejected claims that he has been involved in a sophisticated and prolonged campaign of cheating throughout his career, after being accused of impropriety by both the world’s top player Magnus Carlsen and in a lengthy report published by Chess.com.

The growing scandal was ignited by Carlsen when he resigned...