India, April 9 -- After their now-famed Sinquefield Cup game in 2022, Magnus Carlsen considered knocking on Hans Niemann's door and asking: "What's going on?" It's one of the few, revealing bits of information in the Netflix documentary 'Untold: Chess Mates'. Most of the 75-minute documentary on the cheating controversy that rocked the chess world is largely a rehash of what chess fans and followers already know - the accusations, lawsuit, and of course the inexplicably absurd anal beads.

Carlsen, world No1, five-time world champion and the most dominant chess player of the modern generation opens with - "I've sometimes found it a bit surprising that I'm the best in the world at something. I know I'm relatively bright, but I'm not a geni...