Chess Grandmaster Gets Butt-Scanned Before Match

The Daily Beast reports:

Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann received a particularly thorough security scan ahead of a Thursday tournament after he was accused of cheating in a tournament in St. Louis last month, which some fans wildly speculated was made possible by way of an anal vibrator delivering coded moves.

Niemann’s security check at the first day of the U.S. Chess Championships, also in St. Louis, included a very atypical request that he turn around. The commotion caused fellow grandmaster Irina Krush to momentarily lose composure as she waited in line.

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Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann’s security check at the first day of the U.S. Chess Championships included a very atypical request that he turn around. https://t.co/uIdvV9fXiH

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