Who knew you could cheat in chess

trekkie · **Posted:** December 27th, 2006, 4:42 pm

NEW DELHI, Dec 27 (Reuters Life!) - 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."

Chess officials were also probing whether another player had similar advantages through such illegal means, he added.

this happened at my school. a student was "using" his cell phone as a calculator but then the teacher caught him bluetoothing the answers

Adbot · **Posted:** December 27th, 2006, 4:42 pm

The Haysta · **Posted:** December 27th, 2006, 4:58 pm

Or you could just switch the pieces when they're not looking XD.

They will probably have scanners similar to those at airports now..

Mikhail · **Posted:** December 27th, 2006, 5:10 pm

I did that before lol using A cell phone on math test tho the teacher didnt take it away cause calculators were allowed but i had complelte answers there and used calc as a back up

Pat · **Posted:** December 28th, 2006, 1:28 am

lol pwnt

Craig · **Posted:** December 28th, 2006, 10:29 am

He Got OWNED! And isnt 10 years a bit unfair for cheating in a little nerd game of chess.. I mean what weirdo invented championships for a game like that?

Slimppu · **Posted:** December 28th, 2006, 2:52 pm

G01_unitcrew wrote:

He Got OWNED! And isnt 10 years a bit unfair for cheating in a little nerd game of chess.. I mean what weirdo invented championships for a game like that?

"little nerd game"? why does sport have to be brutal and senceless?

Adbot · **Posted:** December 28th, 2006, 2:52 pm

Kyle · **Posted:** December 28th, 2006, 3:00 pm

I didnt know chess tournaments was so big, guess a computer is better then a humans at chess.