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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def increaseScore(self, participant):
 """ The participant successfully transferred a chunk to me. """

        if participant not in self.scores:
            self.scores[participant] = 0
        self.scores[participant] += 1