More or less. There was a potential lawsuit in the works, but all parties came to an "amicable" agreement that they'd settle their differences in the court of public opinion. Nobody's let on if there was any sort of settlement, but I doubt it.

The whole "anal beads" theory was always just a meme that news orgs ran with to generate clicks. Somehow they're still going with it, and I guess I'll admit: I clicked.

At least we get some gold from Hans:

"To be clear, on the specific allegation - have you ever used anal beads while playing chess?" Morgan asked.

The 20-year-old replied: "Well, your curiosity is a bit concerning, you know - maybe you're personally interested, but I can tell you, no.

Yes, it was big news a while back, this has bounced back into the headlines thanks to Piers Morgan's shit stirring and the killer comeback from Niemann.

I mean, all this is hypothetical but yes - all the matches were live so someone could watch it, pull moves out of a computer and transmit the instructions via a remote controlled set of anal beads but it all seems like an awful lot of effort.