Youtube -streamer kicked £ 75,000 chess tournament for ‘obvious cheating’ in the last scandal to rock the sport

A YouTubeR was kicked out of a £ 75,000 chess tournament after he has been admitted cheating.

Streamer Benjamin Lupo, known as Drlupo, announced that he had read the chat on his stream and ‘obtained information that he should not have had’ during a collision with higher ranked YouTuber Wolfe ‘Wolfey’ Glick in the Pogchaamps 6 Chess Tournament.

The online tournament, organized by Chess.com, contains largely internet personalities while Crystal Palace star Ebereechi Has been involved this year.

Viewers noted that the American streamer seemed to look between different monitors at crucial moments and played above his skill level, and performed a series of flawless movements after an early blunder.

A viewer said, “This is the most obvious cheating that I’ve ever seen.”

The 38-year-old originally denied the allegations and posted on X: ‘literally explained everything on stream while I played. I didn’t cheat. Had a good game and was rolled for the rest of the day. ‘

Later, however, he admitted that he had ruined the “competitive integrity for those involved.”

“Had a lot of fun playing, but decided to leave the event to maintain competition integrity for those involved, as well as the tournament organizers,” he wrote.

‘The main stream on my left monitor in the course of the day today on my left monitor up to see how other games are played, led me to receive the information I should not have had for a game.

“That’s up to me and nobody else. That is my f *** up. My apologies – you would think I would know better, but here we are. ‘

He added: ‘Believe me or not – I played what I played. Pulled out of chat, however, could not stop watching. What I know better, as I said. ‘

Tournament -organizer Chess.com said that Drlupo had been removed for a ‘fair play violation’ and that he will be replaced in the tournament.

“We wish everyone the best morning and remind them that receiving help during a competition is a violation of our policy for Fair Play and will result in a disqualification and account closure,” they added.

The disqualification of Drlupo is far from the first scandal that touches the sport, with World Chess Great Magnus Carlsen dumped from a large tournament for wearing jeans in December.

The Norwegian defended his World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in New York in December when the World Chess Federation (FIDE) requested.

He said he offered to change his pants the next day before he was fined $ 200 and told him he had to change immediately.

After he was told that he should not continue, he reportedly answered: ‘I am gone, f *** you’.

In a statement, Fide said that his clothing regulations were designed to ‘guarantee professionalism and honesty for all participants’.

The five -time World Chess Champion said he had a lunch meeting for the round and had to change quickly.

“I put on a shirt, a jacket on and to be honest I didn’t even think about jeans, even changed my shoes,” Carlsen told Take Take Take, an app for following chess.

“I didn’t even think about it. First of all I received a fine, which is fine, and then I got a warning that I would not be linked if I didn’t change my clothes. They said I could do it after the third round today.

“I said,” I’ll change tomorrow if that’s okay, I didn’t even realize it today “, but they said,” Well, you have to change now “. At that moment it became a bit of a principle for me. ‘

Carlsen was also previously involved in a long -term legal dispute after he accused a rival of the use of ‘anal beads’ to beat him.

The sport was startled by rumors that a chess coach had told his rival Hans Niemann what is going to play by sending buzzing to a sex toy hidden in his body.

However, after he was acquitted of cheating, Niemann Carlsen hurts for $ 100 million before ruining his career after the world champion suggested that he cheated on his way to a stunning victory against him during a tournament in 2022.

The lawsuit was rejected in the summer of 2023 and Niemann reached an agreement with the chess.com platform of the sport.

In January, Carlsen was confronted with match fixing accusations after sharing his world title with a Russian rival.

Counter roof against Ian Nepomniachtchi, also known as Nepo, on the World Blitz Championships on Wednesday, Carlsen leaned over the board and offered his opponent a deal.

The move was then approved by officials of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), making Carlsen and Nepo world champions and splitting the price of $ 90,000.

Another fiery chess fete broke out between two grandmasters in November 2023, with the Russian Vladimir Kramnik accusing the top player of America Hikaru Nakamura van Valsel after a 46-game no-loss streak on Chess.com

Kramnik accused his rival of cheating and claimed that his winning run was statistically impossible.

Nakamura in Florida, 35, hit back in a series of YouTube clips that accuse Kramnik of ‘cherry picking’ the figures-to that Chess.com hired an Ivy League professor to intervene in the dispute.