A judge has actually dismissed a claim submitted by a 19-year-old chess grandmaster who declared his profession was destroyed by claims that he had actually cheated. In 2015, Hans Niemann took legal action against previous world champ Magnus Carlsen and the online chess organisation Chess.com. He was looking for $100m in damages for slander and libel. In a suit submitted in federal court in St. Louis, Niemann likewise implicated Carlsen and Chess.com of breaching antitrust laws by combining online playing platforms and declining to let him use them. On Tuesday, United States District Judge Audrey Fleissig discovered Niemann’s antitrust claims had no benefit. She likewise dismissed libel and slander claims since she stated she didn’t have jurisdiction to manage them, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. The suit followed Niemann stunned the chess world by beating Carlsen at the Sinquefield Cup in 2015 in St. Louis, ending Carlsen’s world-record unbeaten streak. Carlsen implicated Niemann of unfaithful and withdrew from the competition. Niemann stated that after the unfaithful accusations were made, competitions prohibited him, matches were cancelled, and respectable chess schools would not employ him. The suit competes Carlsen, typically thought about among the best chess champs worldwide, was attempting to protect his status as the “King of Chess” and to finish a handle Chess.com to obtain Play Magnus for almost $83m. Carlsen’s lawyer, Craig Reiser, stated Niemann’s claim was an “effort to recuperate an unjust windfall” and “chill speech through tactical lawsuits”. Chess.com mored than happy the debate, which stunned the chess world, was ending and “are grateful that all celebrations can now concentrate on growing the video game of chess,” stated Nima Mohebbi and Jamie Wine, of the company Latham & Watkins. Niemann’s lawyers stated they prepare to pursue the libel and slander claims in state court.
Court dismisses chess grandmaster Hans Niemann’s suit versus Magnus Carlsen
