Hans Niemann was accused of cheating after he beat Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen last September.

Morgan continued talking about claims that Niemann was getting signals from someone through the remote-controlled sex toy.

“To be clear, on the specific allegation - have you ever used anal beads while playing chess?” Morgan asked.

The 20-year-old replied: "Well, your curiosity is a bit concerning, you know - maybe you’re personally interested, but I can tell you, no.

  • fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk
    3·
    1 year ago

    How was it meant to work, in theory? Someone watching the match, then getting the moves off a computer and then morse-coding the coordinates through his bum vibrations?

    • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukOPMEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I mean, all this is hypothetical but yes - all the matches were live so someone could watch it, pull moves out of a computer and transmit the instructions via a remote controlled set of anal beads but it all seems like an awful lot of effort.