{"id":11702,"date":"2025-05-01T21:53:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T21:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/?post_type=news&#038;p=11702"},"modified":"2025-05-02T12:05:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T12:05:51","slug":"drlupo-disqualified-for-alleged-cheating-in-100000-chess-tournament","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-05-01\/drlupo-disqualified-for-alleged-cheating-in-100000-chess-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"DrLupo Disqualified for Alleged Cheating in $100,000 Chess Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"spgn__article__hero__news horizontal-wrapper vertical-wrapper\">\n\t\t<h1 class=\"spgn__article__hero__news__title wp-block-post-title\">DrLupo Disqualified for Alleged Cheating in $100,000 Chess Tournament<\/h1>\n\n<figure class=\"spgn__article__hero__news__image --with-bg wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" 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class=\"spgn__article__content horizontal-wrapper vertical-wrapper narrow\">\n\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__content__main spgn__content\">\n\t\t<p>Fortnite streamer DrLupo was disqualified from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chess.com\/events\/info\/2025-pogchamps-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">PogChamps<\/a> $100,000 reward pool chess tournament, which featured celebrity creators and professional athletes. The alleged cheating occurred midway through a chess match, where 650-rated DrLupo was being cornered by higher-ranked player Wolfe \u201cWolfey\u201d Glick, who is rated 1340.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDrLupo has been closed for a fair play violation that occured during today\u2019s Pogchamps event,\u201d Chess.com <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/chesscom\/status\/1917769083568939238\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">posted<\/a> on X, indicating his prompt removal upon being allegedly caught cheating.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DrLupo has been closed for a fair play violation that occured during today\u2019s Pogchamps event. He will be replaced in the consolation bracket before the start of tomorrow\u2019s round. <br><br>We wish everyone the best tomorrow and remind them that receiving any help during a match is a\u2026<\/p>&mdash; Chess.com (@chesscom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chesscom\/status\/1917769083568939238?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">May 1, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>During the match where the alleged cheating occurred, DrLupo played his moves flawlessly after leaving his queen unprotected. Discussions regarding the competitive integrity of his moves were brought up in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/chess\/comments\/1kbri8u\/was_dr_lupo_cheating_at_pogchamps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">chess enthusiast community<\/a>; the resounding agreement is that DrLupo performed moves far more advanced than a 600-level player should be capable of. DrLupo\u2019s position is not helped by his official disqualification and public statement from Chess.com.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite all the readily available evidence pointing toward his cheating, DrLupo claims he \u201cdidn\u2019t cheat\u201d and instead \u201chad a good game and got rolled the rest of the day.\u201d He <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DrLupo\/status\/1917760029882515540?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1917760029882515540%7Ctwgr%5E4c436d268b33dcbb63ea173ef89d5511a72abba4%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dexerto.com%2Fyoutube%2Fdrlupo-removed-from-100k-pogchamps-chess-tournament-for-cheating-3188473%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">stated<\/a> that he had left his monitor on to watch other games and that he willingly decided to drop out of the event to help Chess.com enforce competitive integrity.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first-place winner of PogChamps 6 won $20,000, while the second-place winner won $14,000; more details regarding 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