Three leading French chess players have been suspended in a cheating scandal that has rocked the world of international chess. They cheated last fall at a tournament in Siberia.
Here's how it went down, one player allegedly used chess software to find the best moves, and texted his findings, disguised as a phone number, to the team captain. The captain then communicated the move to the player by switching to one of dozens of tables in the competition hall.
The alleged plot was uncovered after a chess federation official, who had loaned her cell phone to one of the players, discovered a text saying "Hurry up and send the moves." She checked the records to find that more than 100 coded messages had been sent.
After all the trouble I think I'll stick to Tic Tac Toe!
The alleged plot was uncovered after a chess federation official, who had loaned her cell phone to one of the players, discovered a text saying "Hurry up and send the moves." She checked the records to find that more than 100 coded messages had been sent.
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