OA643: Magnus Carlsen Accused Hans Niemann of Cheating at Chess. The Chess World Exploded. Now Hans Has Sued

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🗓️ 28 October 2022

⏱️ 80 minutes

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This wild story has been on my radar for a while, but now that there's a lawsuit involved, I've convinced Andrew to give us a breakdown! But Andrew doesn't just take us through the lawsuit. We go through the accusations, and what it might take to try to prove a low frequency event to a jury. Along the way, there's a poker cheating accusation scandal as well!

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0:00.0	I broke a mirror in my house and I'm supposed to get seven years bad luck by my lawyer
0:07.0	thinks he can get me five.
0:10.0	Oh, look at me, I'm a lawyer, I'm so good at word, using good tood and yes, that wasn't
0:25.0	word right.
0:26.0	You're on her, Ms. Russell has failed to legal legal and she's legal legal, he asked
0:33.0	to court to legal legal legal.
0:36.0	Don't worry, there's nothing illegal about any of this.
0:39.0	Are you sure?
0:40.0	Of course, this is America, it's a free country, don't you know that?
0:44.0	I didn't know it was that free.
0:46.0	So you think you talked about the trial without talking about what happened at the trial?
0:53.0	Welcome to opening arguments, a podcast that pairs a comedian with a real life lawyer.
1:00.0	This podcast is sponsored by the law offices of P Andrew Torres LLC for entertainment purposes.
1:05.0	He's not intended to legal advice and does not form an attorney-client relationship.
1:09.0	Don't take legal advice from a podcast.
1:18.0	Hello and welcome to opening arguments, this is episode 643, I'm Thomas, that's Andrew Torres
1:25.0	Esquire, how are you doing?
1:26.0	I'm doing fantastic, Thomas, how are you?
1:28.0	E4.
1:29.0	E4, okay, all right.
1:31.0	Play some mental chess while we're doing this.
1:34.0	No, I am so excited.
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