December 27th, 2006
Cheating via Cell Phone Earns Chess Player 10-year Ban
By Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews
Shoot, you can’t even trust chess players now. Much as many students have tried to do, a chess player was discovered to be using a Bluetooth headset to cheat at a recent tournament. The player, Umakant Sharma, had risen so quickly officials were suspicious.
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. Source: Reuters
We Say: Hey, at least it wasn’t steroids, right? 
Cylver says:
It was more the equivalent of bringing a motorcycle to a footrace.
December 27th, 2006 at 9:30 pm
brady says:
As for me, I feel he should be slowly killed and vivisectioned. Bobby Fisher was right….
I would love to meet this “kid”, teach him how to compete.
December 29th, 2006 at 12:56 am
Chess Analysis says:
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January 6th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
chess strategy says:
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April 22nd, 2008 at 6:47 pm