Sebastien Feller, a 20-year old grandmaster, is one of the players suspended
Posted on 03/25/2011 1:02:24 PM PDT by bruinbirdman
Three top French chess players have been found guilty of cheating in last year's world championship, using an ingenious messaging system.
The French chess federation has suspended Sébastien Feller, a 20-year-old grandmaster, his team-mate Cyril Marzolo, 32, and Arnaud Hauchard, 39, the French team captain. It said they used mobile text messages, a remote chess computer and coded signals to beat the opposition.
Sebastien Feller, a 20-year old grandmaster, is one of the players suspended
The fraud, which took place during last September's Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, has rocked the chess world, which prides itself on its code of honour.
Rival teams have been known to accuse each other of cheating, but in this case the whistle-blower was the French federation's own vice president, Joanna Pomian.
She became suspicious when she found a text message addressed to Mr Marzolo, which read: "Hurry up and send me some moves." It was sent from Russia by Mr Hauchard during the competition.
She examined Mr Marzolo's itemised phone bill and found he had sent more than 150 text messages to Mr Feller during the tournament, plus 30 to Mr Hauchard. Unable to look at their contents due to a privacy ruling, she and the federation nevertheless remained "convinced" the players had cheated.
The federation said the system required Mr Marzolo to follow the game via the internet. He logged the moves into a chess computer then texted its suggested moves to Mr Hauchard in codes within phoney telephone numbers.
The captain communicated these to Mr Feller during his match by standing next to a particular player who represented a pre-agreed number and a figure. Mr Feller could follow his captain's movements to know which piece to move and where.
Mr Feller won three games at the tournament,
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
What - they didn’t surrender as fast as they normally would?
Oh, come on he was just asking for some dance moves.
I hope they ban them from chess competition for good.
Next they accuse the American team of using steroids.
PWNED
Paging Captain Renault! Louis Renault, pick up the white phone!
Cheating at chess:
(Dont Dont Do It)
No, the computer did...............
LOL!
I bet Lance Armstrong is uncontrollably giddy today
e4
Did the messages say what pieces the opponent had on the board, and where they were?
LOL!
And the white knight is talking backwards.
It is impossible to cheat at chess if the opponent does not take his eye off the board. In such case, a viable opponent will immediately recognize the situation when looking back.
The only true way the cheat at the game is by reading the mind of the opponent.
Text messages describing response strategy to situation will grant no favor. It is sometimes likely that that known strategic positions of assault or defense, and known textbook response, are in fact intended to lure one into predictable position.
Then you are mine.
I’m waiting for my computer to suggest a response...............
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