While the tweet was Carlsen's first explicit accusation against Niemann, the scandal has ignited a heated conversation within the professional chess community. Just yesterday, the Wall Street Journal's Andrew Beaton and Joshua Robinson broke the news that a report from Chess.com, the largest online chess community in the world, has found evidence of Niemann cheating far more frequently than he previously admitted. The high-profile scandal, which has been unfolding over the past month, has brought the dramas within the niche world of elite chess into mainstream headlines. How the scandal began