Bhubaneswar, Oct. 22 -- Amid an alleged cheating scandal, American chess grandmaster Hans Niemann sued Norwegian World Champion Magnus Carlsen, online platform Chess.com and others for slander and libel, and is seeking at least $100 million in damages.

As per reports, the lawsuit named Carlsen's online chess platform Play Magnus, Chess.com executive Danny Rensch and American grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura as defendants.

In his lawsuit, filed at a US District Court in Missouri, Niemann alleged that the defendants are 'colluding to blacklist' him from the professional chess world. Moreover, he has been shunned by tournament organisers since five-time World Champion Carlsen publicly accused him of cheating.

Niemann's lawsuit will be decided ...