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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. | | 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. |
| − | ==Analysis of Hans background== | + | ==Analysis of the background of Hans== |
| | As explained by a commentator on chess.com: | | As explained by a commentator on chess.com: |
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| | *Hans Niemann went from a 2400-2500 rating plateau to 2700 and above faster than most of the finest prodigies we've seen (Magnus, Firouzja, Sarin, and Gukesh). | | *Hans Niemann went from a 2400-2500 rating plateau to 2700 and above faster than most of the finest prodigies we've seen (Magnus, Firouzja, Sarin, and Gukesh). |
| | *Hans has admitted to cheating online. | | *Hans has admitted to cheating online. |
| | *at one point, Hans played 4 members of the finest chess players in the world (ratings above 2800 club in a row), easily defeating 3 out of 4 and tying the 4th while nearly defeating him.<ref>https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/do-you-think-hans-is-cheating</ref> | | *at one point, Hans played 4 members of the finest chess players in the world (ratings above 2800 club in a row), easily defeating 3 out of 4 and tying the 4th while nearly defeating him.<ref>https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/do-you-think-hans-is-cheating</ref> |
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| | == 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] |
| | [[category:chess]] | | [[category:chess]] |