The FIDE Ethics Commission has recently announced its judgment and sanction in the case against GM Gaioz Nigalidze of Georgia for cheating in the 2015 Dubai Open, held in April this year. Mr Nigalidze was found guilty of violating...
Cheaters never win
Shelby Lyman on Chess: The High Price of Cheating Sunday, May 10, 2015 (Published in print: Sunday, May 10, 2015) It would seem that the chess career of grandmaster Gaioz Nigalidze is effectively over. Allegedly caught cheating — with...
Player caught for cheating
‘Outside’ help lands chess player in trouble NEW DELHI, April 30, 2015 Updated: April 30, 2015 02:47 IST RAKESH RAO Cheating in chess is rampant with mobile technology increasingly playing a role. Lesser-rated players taking ‘outside’ help during a...
Cheating from the bathroom
Chess grandmaster cheats in tournament … from the bathroom By Holly Yan, CNN Updated 12:00 PM ET, Mon April 13, 2015 (CNN)Sometimes the best ideas come from the bathroom. But Gaioz Nigalidze’s ideas from the loo were a little...
Georgian chess champion banned for cheating at the Dubai Open
Gaioz Nigalidze, winner of the Georgian championship in 2013 and 2014, used a smart phone hidden in a toilet to consult moves with a chess computer. A chess Grandmaster has been banned from the Dubai Open Chess Tournament after he was...
How To Catch Chess Cheaters
How To Catch A Chess CheaterJune 21, 2014 7:58 AM ETWeekend Edition Saturday – NPR3 min 58 sec Download Ken Regan could be called a chess detective. NPR’s Scott Simon talks to the computer scientist and chess master whose...
Dublin teen banned for cheating
Teen caught in chess cheat row is bannedBY BARRY DUGGAN AND RALPH RIEGEL – 26 MARCH 2014 03:30 PM A DUBLIN teen caught cheating during the 2013 Cork chess congress by using a computer in a toilet was banned...
The secret to chess cheating?
How do you cheat at chess? Young Borislav Ivanov seems to know The Bulgarian champion concealed aids, say rivals, but some fans are thrilledJAMES ROTHWELL Sunday 22 December 2013 He soared from anonymity to notoriety in the chess world...
The case of Chess Cheating
Cheating at Chess and Other PastimesBy Stephen L. Carter Dec 19, 2013 3:11 PM CT The Christmas season may seem an odd time to bring up the subject of cheating. But it’s also college exam season — and besides, some...
Irish Chess Union to investigate cheating allegation
Luke Byrne and Barry Duggan – 25 April 2013 THE Irish Chess Union (ICU) has established a disciplinary committee to investigate an incident where a chess player hauled a schoolboy opponent from a toilet cubicle. Gardai were called to...