Hans Niemann's hopes of a shot at the chess world championship match ended abruptly on Thursday when the American grandmaster crashed out of the World Cup second round in India. Niemann, who put a cheating controversy behind him two years ago, was hoping for a podium finish that would have given him access to the Candidates eight-player tournament. The Candidates is held to decide who will face the India's Gukesh Dommaraju, the reigning world champion. World number 20 Niemann had been a firm