Netflix's Chess Mates: What we learned from the documentary on the scandal that rocked chess

It was a cheating scandal that rocked the world of chess and created headlines around the world. Nearly four years later, a documentary digs further into the drama that put a spotlight on two chess players like never before.Chess Mates, from the Netflix Untold series, which started streaming from April 7, features interviews with the accuser — Magnus Carlsen, arguably the greatest player of all time — and the accused, Hans Niemann, a rising star but a relatively unknown American grandmaster before this.Advertisement