American chess prodigy Hans Niemann’s $100 million defamation case against Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen and Chess.com was dismissed by a Missouri federal court on Tuesday, June 27, 2023 though his attorneys said they will appeal the decision in state court.
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Niemann claimed that Carlsen and Chess.com wrongly accμsed him of cheating. Niemann aIIeged that Carlsen and Chess.com conspired to keep him out of lucrative tournaments which U.S. District Court Judge Audrey Fleissig dismissed.
Fleissig concluded that she lacked jurisdiction over Niemann’s state law claims for among other things contract vἰolation and defamation. The judgment has “absolutely no impact” on Niemann’s ability to pursue his defamation claims in state court, according to his attorneys.
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What did Magnus Carlsen Say about Niemann?
Niemann, a 19-year-old whose victory over Carlsen last year shocked the chess community. The highest-ranked chess player in history, Magnus Carlsen said in a statement that Niemann’s attempt to obtain an “underserved windfall in Missouri federal court” and suppress free expression “through strategic litigation in that forum” was denied by the court.
Chess.com’s attorneys released a statement in which they expressed their client’s happiness to see this saga come to an end and gratitude that all parties can now focus on growing the game of chess.
The attorneys Nima H. Mohebbi and Jamie Wine of Latham and Watkins, who represented Chess.com said in a statement:
“We are very pleased with the courts order dismissing Hans Niemann’s claims. Our clients are happy to see an end to this saga and are pleased that all parties can now focus on growing the game of chess.”
Craig Reiser, a partner at Axinn and an attorney for Carlsen said:
“We are pleased the court has rejected Hans Niemann’s attempt to recover an undeserved windfall in Missouri federal court and that Niemann’s attempt to chill speech through strategic litigation in that forum has failed.”
The legal dispute began after Niemann unexpectedly defeated Carlsen in a tournament in St. Louis, Missouri in September 2019.
Carlsen then aIIeged that Niemann had cheated which Niemann has denied. Chess.com, the biggest chess website in the world appeared to support Carlsen’s assertions when it claimed to have found evidence of Niemann’s recurrent cheating in his online playing history.
In December 2022, Chess.com united with Carlsen’s internet chess organization. Niemann claimed that as a result of the defendants aIIegedly excluding him from important events, he missed out on millions of dollars in possible prizes.
Niemann is still eligible to participate in important competitions, according to Carlsen and Chess.com who refuted those accμsations.
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