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edbermac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-27-06 06:33 PM
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Chess player caught cheating with wireless device.
NEW DELHI, India (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.

The player, Umakant Sharma, had logged rating points at a rapid pace in the last 18 months and also qualified for the national championship, arousing the suspicion of officials and bemusing rivals.

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.

He communicated to his accomplices outside the hall, who then used a computer to relay moves to him, Indian chess federation secretary D.V. Sundar said on Wednesday.

"We have banned him for 10 years," he told Reuters. "We wanted to send a clear message to such people."

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/12/27/chess.cheater.reut/index.html

For years now Bobby Fischer, when he's not spouting off on one of his insane anti-Semitic tirades, has been warning about the use of computers influencing master level chess. He has been sadly proven correct. You know they test athletes for steroids and other enhancing drugs, how the hell is anyone going to stop this?

:shrug:
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-27-06 06:38 PM
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1. It appears simple to me. Am I missing something?
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habitual Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-27-06 06:42 PM
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2. i hate cheaters..... n/t
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Tuesday_Morning Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-27-06 06:43 PM
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3. B-b-b-b-b-ut Presidents can cheat
with wireless devices.

Why not chess players?
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Judi Lynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-27-06 06:45 PM
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4. If he plans to do things like this, he'd better, by god, become a President of a large country first
http://www.spiegel.de/img/0,1020,397809,00.jpg


Then people will be too intimidated to challenge him directly.
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edbermac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-27-06 08:47 PM
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5. LOL...I forgot about that...
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