Thursday
Jan312013
More On An Old Cheating Scandal (Revised)
Thursday, January 31, 2013 at 1:59PM
You may recall that German GM Falko Bindrich was caught last fall having a smart phone and making many trips to the restroom during his game in a Bundesliga match. Now the German Chess Federation has banned him from tournaments and any other sort of official chess participation for the next two years. He has appealed against the severity of the punishment, though without protesting the original forfeiture.
HT: Ken Regan
(N.B. This was updated in response to points by a couple of readers noting that Bindrich wasn't caught using a smart phone, but merely having it on his person [while making numerous trips to the restroom].)
tagged Falko Bindrich, cheating