
Reuters reports that an Indian chess player has been caught using his mobile phone (connected to a Bluetooth headset in his cap) to cheat, resulting in a ten-year ban from the game.
"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," the article states. "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."
Something doesn't ring true about this, though -- whoever was feeding him the moves had to be an accomplished player: why wouldn't they simply compete themselves?
More here from El Reg, and here from Engadget.
Mr Wong
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