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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 play by Hans Niemann in Sinquefield Cup == | | == Analysis of play by Hans Niemann in Sinquefield Cup == |
| − | In the improbable back-to-back victories by Hans Niemann in the Sinquefield Cup 2022, his endgame "play" was extraordinary in both games against more highly rated opponents. | + | In the improbable back-to-back victories by Hans Niemann in the Sinquefield Cup 2022, his endgame "play" was extraordinary in both games against more highly rated opponents, before stricter controls against possible cheating were installed by the tournament organizers. |
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| | In Round 2, in the last 11 moves Niemann made one extraordinary move ("!" - "great move") move, many superb ones, and not a single mistake.<ref>https://www.chess.com/events/2022-sinquefield-cup/02/Niemann_Hans_Moke-Mamedyarov_Shakhriyar</ref> In Round 3, in the last dozen moves Niemann made three extraordinary moves ("!" - "great move"), many superb ones, and not a single mistake.<ref>https://www.chess.com/events/2022-sinquefield-cup/03/Carlsen_Magnus-Niemann_Hans_Moke</ref> | | In Round 2, in the last 11 moves Niemann made one extraordinary move ("!" - "great move") move, many superb ones, and not a single mistake.<ref>https://www.chess.com/events/2022-sinquefield-cup/02/Niemann_Hans_Moke-Mamedyarov_Shakhriyar</ref> In Round 3, in the last dozen moves Niemann made three extraordinary moves ("!" - "great move"), many superb ones, and not a single mistake.<ref>https://www.chess.com/events/2022-sinquefield-cup/03/Carlsen_Magnus-Niemann_Hans_Moke</ref> |
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| | ==Analysis of the background of Hans Niemann== | | ==Analysis of the background of Hans Niemann== |
| | As explained by a commentator on chess.com: | | As explained by a commentator on chess.com: |