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| − | The '''chess cheating scandal''' of 2022 concerned a highly unlikely ostensible victory by a 19-year-old relatively low-ranked player named Hans Niemann, playing with the weaker black pieces, against the greatest player of our time, [[Magnus Carlsen]], while Carlsen was on an unbeaten streak. This was the second improbable defeat by Niemann with the black pieces against Carlsen in merely a few months. Carslen then quit the tournament, which is nearly unprecedented, and some infer his comment afterwards to mean that he felt he had been cheated. Niemann denied that he cheated. | + | The '''chess cheating scandal''' of 2022 concerned a highly unlikely ostensible victory by a 19-year-old relatively low-ranked player named Hans Niemann, playing with the weaker black pieces, against the greatest player of our time, [[Magnus Carlsen]], while Carlsen was on an unbeaten streak. This was the second improbable defeat by Niemann with the black pieces against Carlsen in merely a few months. Carslen then quit the [[chess]] tournament, which is nearly unprecedented, and some infer his comment afterwards to mean that he felt he had been cheated. Niemann denied that he cheated. |
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| | The odds of a player of Niemann's lower ranking defeating the high-ranking Carlsen twice with the black pieces is estimated to be only 1 in 2,500. | | The odds of a player of Niemann's lower ranking defeating the high-ranking Carlsen twice with the black pieces is estimated to be only 1 in 2,500. |
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| | Amid the controversy, women looking and dressed like casino workers oddly showed up at the [[Saint Louis Chess Club]], where the tournament was held, in order to stand foolishly against [[Magnus Carlsen]]. | | Amid the controversy, women looking and dressed like casino workers oddly showed up at the [[Saint Louis Chess Club]], where the tournament was held, in order to stand foolishly against [[Magnus Carlsen]]. |
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| | + | ==Gambling on Chess== |
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| | + | Beginning in 2018, there was a sharp increase in [[gambling]] on chess games, and by 2022 many millions of dollars are bet on the game outcomes on numerous different websites, in [[Las Vegas]], and around the world. The 1-in-2,500 unlikely foregoing victories by an unheralded player, who has admitted to having cheated in online games in the past, may create doubt as to whether there should payouts on bets on these implausible outcomes. |
| | == References == | | == References == |
| | *[https://slate.com/culture/2022/09/chess-cheating-scandal-magnus-carlsen-hans-moke-niemann-anal-beads.html Slate article] | | *[https://slate.com/culture/2022/09/chess-cheating-scandal-magnus-carlsen-hans-moke-niemann-anal-beads.html Slate article] |
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