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]
and now college students wll be sporting ‘blue-tooth enabled’ caps…
Can I get a set of bluetooth enabled boxer shorts???
10 years? Nooo….time to play some checkers.
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!