Chess Player Caught Cheating

Chess is not an easy game in which to cheat, so experts say. One Indian player was banned from playing chess for 10 years after he was caught trying to cheat, according to Reuters. At a recent tournament, chess officials discovered that the player, Umakant Sharma, had stitched his mobile phone's wireless bluetooth device inside a cloth cap that he always wore pulled over his ears. He would communicate to his accomplices outside the room, who then used a computer to determine what his next move should be. Officials suspected that Sharma had been cheating after he had quickly racked up rating points and qualified for a national championship — all within an 18-month period.