11/28/2022

Chess Drama and the Return of the Kohinoor Diamond

Indian politicians request the return of $600M seminal Kohinoor diamond–23% of India’s GDP. Stealing this diamond from India is equivalent to stealing Walmart’s entire stock value from the US. And drama in the chess world: player accuses opponent of cheating - using an unusual method. Two prolific chess players went head to head in a chess tournament in September. When the young underdog Hans Neimann unexpectedly won, his opponent Magnus Carlsen pulled out of the tournament and implied Hans cheated. The most popular conspiracy theory is that he used morse code via anal beads to cheat.

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11/28/2022

Chess Drama and the Return of the Kohinoor Diamond

Indian politicians request the return of $600M seminal Kohinoor diamond–23% of India’s GDP. Stealing this diamond from India is equivalent to stealing Walmart’s entire stock value from the US. And drama in the chess world: player accuses opponent of cheating - using an unusual method. Two prolific chess players went head to head in a chess tournament in September. When the young underdog Hans Neimann unexpectedly won, his opponent Magnus Carlsen pulled out of the tournament and implied Hans cheated. The most popular conspiracy theory is that he used morse code via anal beads to cheat.

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Chess Drama and the Return of the Kohinoor Diamond