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Cheating Allegations Shake the Chess World After Champion Suffers Stunning Defeat<!-- wp:html --><p>Koen Van Weel/AFP via Getty</p> <p>For those who think the high stakes world of professional chess is about as exciting as watching paint dry, think again. </p> <p>Allegations of cheating have shaken up the upper echelons of the intellectual game, including one player being frisked for a device that might have helped him analyze moves.</p> <p>The controversy surrounds the withdrawal of World Champion Magus Carlsen from the $350,000 Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis on Monday after he was beaten by a 19-year-old grand master—a step above rookie level in the chess world—who was once kicked off an online gaming site for using a computer to analyze his moves.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/cheating-allegations-shake-the-chess-world-after-champion-magnus-carlsen-suffers-stunning-defeat?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p> <p>Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/tips">here</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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For those who think the high stakes world of professional chess is about as exciting as watching paint dry, think again.

Allegations of cheating have shaken up the upper echelons of the intellectual game, including one player being frisked for a device that might have helped him analyze moves.

The controversy surrounds the withdrawal of World Champion Magus Carlsen from the $350,000 Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis on Monday after he was beaten by a 19-year-old grand master—a step above rookie level in the chess world—who was once kicked off an online gaming site for using a computer to analyze his moves.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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