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Nigalidze aroused suspicion after making repeated trips to the toilet during his matches
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/georgian-chess-grandmaster-gaioz-nigalidze-caught-cheating-after-hiding-smartphone-in-tournament-toilet-10173479.html
Georgian chess Grandmaster Gaioz Nigalidze faces a 15 year ban from the game after being caught cheating at the Dubai Open Chess Tournament, where he had been using a smart phone to analyse one of his matches, which he had kept hidden in a toilet.
Nigalidzes cheating had been discovered by officials during his sixth round with Armenias Grandmaster Tigran Petrosian.
Petrosian had told the tournaments staff he believed Nigalidze was getting help from a chess computer through a portable electronic device during the game. He said he began to suspect his opponent after noticing he was frequenting the toilet after each move during a crucial part of the game.
n2doc
(47,953 posts)Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)Fifteen year suspension? That's gotta hurt. His career is OVER.
MADem
(135,425 posts)Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)he's a grand master.
Is his status unwarranted? Did he get it by cheating?
ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)bvf
(6,604 posts)but I'm happy to see that Petrosian is still around.
Nigalidze should be banned for life.
Rochester
(838 posts)Petrosian the former world champion died in 1984.
randome
(34,845 posts)How could one stoop so low as to sully the game of chess? For shame, Nigalidze.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]The truth doesnt always set you free.
Sometimes it builds a bigger cage around the one youre already in.[/center][/font][hr]
Like I said, it's been years...
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)You can't tell your Tigran Petrosians without a scorecard.
Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian (June 17, 1929 August 13, 1984): former World Champion.
Tigran L. Petrosian (September 17, 1984 - ): current Grandmaster.
From the latter's Wikipedia bio:
I hadn't realized that the former World Champion died so young (55 years old, stomach cancer).
Takket
(21,649 posts)Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)hughee99
(16,113 posts)Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)randome
(34,845 posts)Hamburger joints springing up like dandelions back then.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Birds are territorial creatures.
The lyrics to the songbird's melodious trill go something like this:
"Stay out of my territory or I'll PECK YOUR GODDAMNED EYES OUT!"[/center][/font][hr]
hughee99
(16,113 posts)randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]There is nothing you can't do if you put your mind to it.
Nothing.[/center][/font][hr]
zappaman
(20,606 posts)Loved that place as a kid!
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)11 Bravo
(23,928 posts)IIRC.
olddots
(10,237 posts)or watch the players like hawks .
randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]There is nothing you can't do if you put your mind to it.
Nothing.[/center][/font][hr]
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)visits with a 'minder'.
Stuart G
(38,453 posts)"Say it ain't so, Shoeless Joe."
Action_Patrol
(845 posts)PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)SidDithers
(44,228 posts)And I'm thinking to myself - what the hell is a Cheese Grandmother, and how does a toilet smartphone help her?
Sid
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)whatthehey
(3,660 posts)No chess computer will ever challenge a real player.
Oh look they have chess computers that are pretty decent but can't beat a world-ranked player.
Deep Blue just beat the champion? Well sure but it took a multimillion dollar supercomputer from a major corporation.
Crap I can't beat this $50 software even on a good day and I'm a good player.
Now Grand Masters need help from a free Play Store app on their phone (probably complete with ads for Jewels Saga every other turn) to compete in open tournaments.
It's just one short step from this to "Humans playing chess unassisted? Don't be silly - that's like a natural Tour de France winner!"
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)How stupid can you be. He should have tried to convince them he he's also a Grand Masterbater instead of a cheater.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)think that wouldn't ring some alarms?
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)Initech
(100,108 posts)Omaha Steve
(99,792 posts)When people cheat in any arena, they diminish themselves-they threaten their own self-esteem and their relationships with others by undermining the trust they have in their ability to succeed and in their ability to be true.
― Cheryl Hughes
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)As for Mr. Nigalidze, he'll have 15 years to contemplate his self-esteem and truthfulness.
Brother Buzz
(36,481 posts)and it's never worked right since then
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)Phentex
(16,334 posts)how low!