India, March 21 -- Hans Niemann recently lost to GM Daniil Dubov in a 18-game blitz match in Moscow. The Russian GM won with a 9.5-8.5 score, and the loser was supposed to answer a single question in a lie-detector polygraph test.

The match took place after their controversy at the 2024 World Blitz Championship, where Dubov didn't turn up for the game, and Niemann by default.

Speaking on YouTube, the American GM complained that he would not take the lie-detector test due to disrespect from his opponent.

"I have no intention of giving someone like Dubov, who behaved like a child, the honor of asking me a question on the lie detector, which is pure pseudo-science, when I have nothing to prove," he said.

"Despite all the things that have...