In its opening moments, Untold: Chess Mates contextualizes a cheating scandal that rocked the top tiers of competitive chess in 2022—which spiraled out of control with allegations of a player using vibrating sex toys—by explaining how the game has evolved culturally from its Cold War stereotypes. “When I say ‘chess player,’ people think of an old white guy from Russia,” Danny Rensch, the chief chess officer of Chess.com and a key figure in the controversy, puts it in the documentary. But as