Chess Player Caught Cheating With a Bluetooth Headset
- December 28th, 2006
- 4 Comments
Chess player Umakant Sharma has been banned playing in All India Chess Federation tournaments after judges discovered a Bluetooth headset sewn into his cap. A friend had been playing a computerized simulation of his games and relaying moves via the headset.
Sharma has been banned from competition for 10 years. Judges discovered the headset during a random sweep during a December 4 tournament.
Chess Player Banned 10 Years For Cheating With Bluetooth, Computer [InformationWeek]
ffextensionguru (Who am I?)
1 year ago
and now college students wll be sporting ‘blue-tooth enabled’ caps…
Paul Thompson (Who am I?)
1 year ago
Can I get a set of bluetooth enabled boxer shorts???
Jessica (Who am I?)
1 year ago
10 years? Nooo….time to play some checkers.
Anthony (Who am I?)
1 year ago
If he was smart enough to be competing in Chess tournaments, he should have been smart enough to know that he’d eventually be caught. I hate cheaters with a vengeance!