Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann, who has been plagued with rumours of cheating, faced a very thorough airport-style body scan at the US Chess Championship
Picture: YouTube/InstagramA chess grandmaster at the centre of a cheating controversy held his nerve as he faced a thorough search for hidden devices at the US chess championship.
The row has sent shockwaves through the world of chess, giving way to an outlandish rumour that he used vibrating anal beads concealed inside his body to cheat. A livestream of the event showed an official scanning people with a metal detector, with Niemann had a moody expression on his face as he waited for his turn.
Chess fans on Reddit joked about the official whipping out the latex gloves and taking him to a back room for a more intimate search.The official carefully hovered over his bottom.One user commented: "Yeah, but he basically has said he put his cheating behind him. Security was making sure that wasn't a literal statement."
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