10-yr. ban for cheating during Chess tourny
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An Indian chess player was banned Tuesday from competition for 10 years after he was caught using a Bluetooth headset sewn into a cap earlier this month to get help from a computer.
The All India Chess Federation slapped the 10-year sanction on Umakant Sharma, who had been using a Bluetooth device stitched into a cap he typically pulled down over his ears. According to the federation, Sharma’s accomplices relayed moves made by a computer chess program to him via the Bluetooth headset. Bharat Singh Chauhan, the AICF treasurer, showed the cap and Bluetooth device at a meeting convened Tuesday that decided Sharma’s punishment.
I don’t understand how this player thought that cheating via bluetooth would go unnoticed. Wouldn’t it be a little odd to be seen talking into your hat while playing?
I dont think he would have been talking into his hat, rather he could use a little coughing, grunting and screeching to communicate the moves that his opponent has played.