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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.

== Detection Evasion ==

== Detection Evasion ==

Detection evasion is a central part of any sophisticated [[chess]] cheating strategy.

Detection evasion is a central part of any sophisticated [[chess]] cheating strategy.  Tactics to avoid detection of chess cheating can include:

*using novel or less-common openings.

== Analysis of play by Hans Niemann in Sinquefield Cup ==

== Analysis of play by Hans Niemann in Sinquefield Cup ==