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There are certainly high stakes involved, despite chess's ordinarily understated image. The Sinquefield Cup paid $87,500 (£77,500) to the eventual winner, whilst the upcoming Chess.com Global Championship offers an overall prize fund of $1million (£886,000) and will hand $200,000 (£177,585) to the victor. 

And just when things looked on the up for 2016, the Eels were struck down by allegations of salary-cap rorting that eventually led to the stripping of 12 points and a complete restructure of their administration.

He initially protested his innocence amid speculation from Carlsen and the chess community that he had cheated in their game, admitting he had done so twice before as a youngster but had learned from his mistakes and vowed not to do it again.
A clearly frustrated Niemann quickly cut the interview short, telling the interviewer:  'You can leave it to your own interpretation but thank you, that's it,' before walking out, much to the incredulity of commentators.
'I will say that this case is definitely a time to remind parents that it's very important to know who your children are friends with, whether that's in the classroom, social media apps, Snapchat, TikTok and then also gaming platforms.' 

'Other players, especially those that play at Hans' level, are much more sophisticated, and engage in 'selective cheating,' using a chess engine to give advice only in key moments, and often intentionally making sub-par moves to mask their engine use.'

'I cannot put in enough words my gratitude to you, and how much I owe to you. We will miss you so, so much. Thank you for everything my friend. I am sending all of my love to you and all of your family.'

Whilst saying he was 'very impressed' with Niemann's play, he referred to the star's former coach Maxim Dlugy as the teenager's 'mentor', saying he 'must be doing a great job'.
Dlugy is a grandmaster who was previously banned from playing platform Chess.com for alleged cheating.

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Former acting chief executive Geoff Hogg admitted Star wasn't fully up-front with the Queensland regulator when it changed a policy in order to conceal $55million in banned transactions from a Chinese bank.

Mr Gotterson found the company guilty of a serious dereliction of its anti-money laundering responsibilities, deliberately misled the regulator and had poor corporate culture with a 'one-eyed focus' on profit at the expense of patrons.

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Mr Gotterson has made 12 recommendations to tighten controls in the state's casino industry, including for venues to go cashless with patrons to use cards linked to their identification and set with loss limits before they start gambling.

She replied that she was 'dealing with the report before us which deals with recommendations around casinos and there's enough in this report to keep me busy, particularly with the finding of unsuitability. 

That said, it admitted that there was 'no direct evidence that proves Hans cheated at the September 4, 2022 game with Magnus, or proves that he has cheated in other OTB [over the board] Pkv Games in the past.'

'The Star does under the legislation have an opportunity, natural justice, to put forward a case about what should happen next so I don't want to preempt that but it is open to government to cancel their license, to suspend their license,' she said. 

The new accusations surrounding Niemann come after he was banned from Chess.com for cheating online with the help of a friend in 2015 when he was aged just 12, and then did the same thing again in 2019. 

'Other than when I was 12 years old, I have never, ever, ever - and I would never do that, that is the worst thing that I could ever do - cheat in a tournament with prize money,' Niemann said afterwards.

And in 2015, Italian player Archangel Ricciardi - who had been ranked 51,336 in the world - was caught using Morse code and a pendant containing a James Bond-style miniature camera to get to the final round of an international competition. 

Even with amateur online tournaments, which are much easier to cheat in than professional meetings, players are motivated by the lure of prize money, as well as crucial ranking points they need to get them into more illustrious tournaments. 

Hans Niemann, 19, was accused of cheating by world champion Magnus Carlsen last month after the teen managed to beat the Norwegian - widely considered to be the world's best chess player - seemingly without concentrating.