It’s the story that has rocked chess and shown no sign of abating. The cheating scandal which has engulfed the sport, involving five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen, is all anyone is talking about.
The chess world is no stranger to scandals, from a 1960s fistfight between grand masters Bobby Fischer and Pal Benko to allegations of another grand master, Vladimir Kramnik, cheating in the 2006 ...