Impact x Nightline: CHECKMATE: The Great Chess Scandal

S1 E24

2023

6.0

Accusations of cheating, a $100 million lawsuit, and a bizarre false rumor about vibrating anal beads. What happens when a brash teen star beats the chess world champion in a high stake tournament? The greatest scandal in chess history.

Impact x Nightline: CHECKMATE: The Great Chess Scandal

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