NEW DELHI (Reuters) - An Indian chess player has been banned for 10 years for cheating after he was caught using his mobile phone's wireless device to win games, chess officials said on Wednesday. .... Sharma was finally caught at a recent tournament when officials discovered that he had stitched a Bluetooth device in a cloth cap which he always pulled over his ears. .... "We have banned him for 10 years," he told Reuters. "We wanted to send a clear message to such people."
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - An Indian chess player has been banned for 10 years for cheating after he was caught using his mobile phone's wireless device to win games, chess officials said on Wednesday. ... Sharma was finally caught at a recent tournament when officials discovered that he had stitched a Bluetooth device in a cloth cap which he always pulled over his ears. ... "We have banned him for 10 years," he told Reuters. "We wanted to send a clear message to such people."
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Believe it or not, there have been several recent cheating scandals in chess. The MO here seems like that of the others.
The availability of commercial chess programs that, running on modern PCs, are better than most amateur chess players has made the temptation pretty great.
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - An Indian chess player has been banned for 10 years for cheating after he was caught using his mobile phone's wireless device to win games, chess officials said on Wednesday. ... Sharma was finally caught at a recent tournament when officials discovered that he had stitched a Bluetooth device in a cloth cap which he always pulled over his ears. ... "We have banned him for 10 years," he told Reuters. "We wanted to send a clear message to such people."
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Shoulda been stoned
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - An Indian chess player has been banned for 10 years for cheating after he was caught using his mobile phone's wireless device to win games, chess officials said on Wednesday.
Ryan Cousineau said:
The availability of commercial chess programs that, running on modern PCs, are better than most amateur chess players has made the temptation pretty great.