Hans Niemann's $100M Chess Cheating Lawsuit Dismissed Against Magnus Carlsen and Chess.com

A federal judge has dismissed GM Hans Niemann's $100 million lawsuit against GMs Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Chess.com, the Play Magnus Group, and IM Daniel Rensch. Niemann had claimed slander, libel, unlawful group boycott under the Sherman Act, tortious interference with contract and business expectancies, and civil conspiracy. The judge dismissed federal claims and declined to hear state claims, but left the door open for the case to be re-filed in a state court. The lawsuit was part of a big chess cheating scandal in the fall of last year.