Young American chess player Hans Niemann had his butt swiped with a metal detector before he went to play at the 2022 US Chess Championship. .A video shows Niemann walk up to a man holding a metal detector. The man points the metal detector at Niemann’s head before swiping it down his body. .The inspector moves the metal detector around his feet before bringing it back up his body. Niemann turns around to continue the inspection. .The man hovers the metal detector over the chess player’s butt before moving it down. He brings it back up and holds it close to the butt and hovers it around his back. .The chess champion turns around before walking away..None of the chess players before or after him had as rigorous inspections done. .The cheating scandal leaving the chess world in a stalemate with allegations of using technology — including vibrating anal beads — to signal winning choices started after Niemann beat Norwegian chess champion Magnus Carlsen on September 4. .READ MORE: Norwegian chessmaster accuses American opponent of more cheating.Niemann made the first move when he defeated Carlsen at the Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis. .The chess world accused Niemann of cheating and had him banned from chess.com. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in a since-deleted tweet the winner might have used a sex toy to win. .Carlsen said on September 26 he believes Niemann has engaged in cheating people have not yet uncovered. .READ MORE: Norwegian chessmaster accuses American opponent of more cheating.“I believe Niemann has cheated more and more recently than he has publicly admitted,” said Carlsen. .“His over the board progress has been unusual, and throughout our game in the Sinquefield Cup, I had the impression that he wasn’t tense or even fully concentrating on the game in critical positions, while outplaying me as black in a way I think only a handful of players can do.”
