(Headline USA) Billionaire Elon Musk weighed in on a controversy last week involving 19-year-old American chess master Hans Niemann, who has been accused of cheating using wireless anal beads.
Niemann has been accused of using computer assistance during his matches in the form of vibrating anal beads. The device allegedly vibrate him the correct moves.
Currently obsessed with the notion that Hans Niemann has been cheating at the Sinquefield Cup chess tournament using wireless anal beads that vibrate him the correct moves. pic.twitter.com/F48BXjtBlN
— Babble (@Babble____) September 7, 2022
Musk shared the conspiracy theory on Twitter last week along with a quote from German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer: “Talent hits a target no one else can hit, genius hits a target no one can see (cause it’s in your butt),” Musk wrote.
Niemann has denied the allegations, even vowing to play his next match naked to disprove the conspiracy theory.
“If they want me to strip fully naked, I will do it. I don’t care. Because I know I am clean. You want me to play in a closed box with zero electronic transmission, I don’t care,” he said last week.
However, Niemann has also admitted to cheating using computer assistance when he played online as a child. He said he was 12-years-old and used an iPad with a chess engine, which told him what moves to play.
“I was just a child,” Niemann said. “I have never ever in my life cheated in an over-the-board game. I am proud of myself that I learned from my mistake.”
He also admitted to cheating at other times on the chess.com website.
“I wanted to gain some rating so I could play stronger players, so I cheated in random games in chess.com,” he said. “I was confronted, and I confessed. It was the single biggest mistake of my life and I am completely ashamed.”
