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I'm a Statistics Professor Who Became Embroiled in the World of Online Chess Drama

ONLINE CHESS PLATFORM CHESS.COM, JUL 9 – Statistics professor Jeffrey Rosenthal found Hikaru Nakamura's winning streaks likely due to playing weaker opponents, supported by Monte Carlo simulations and published in a leading data science journal.

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As a mild-mannered statistics professor, it's not often that I get contacted directly by the CEO of a multi-million-dollar company, much less regarding allegations of cheating and malfeasance among world champions.

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