You say take care of my own phone but won't allow me to have it in my bag or on my person. You say I should have a car alarm. Since those are ignored by everybody that would just be burning $100. And if I came by bus I cannot leave it there.
It is in my bag, turned off. After my game is over, I take my bag and go to the toilet. I do not turn on my phone in the toilet. This is apparently against the rules.
OR, I take that same bag and sit in the hallway immediately outside the playing hall. I get out my phone and analyze my game. Dozens of people still playing their game walk past me. This is NOT against the rules.
Makes zero sense.
I covered the nonsensicalness of it 2 years ago.
- Sit in the hallway right outside the playing hall and turn on an engine? A-OK!
- Go to to the bathroom after your game is over with your phone turned off and zipped inside of a bag? POSSIBLE CHEATER!
Of course the "I churned my own butter as a kid" crowd had to chime in and mention how you shouldn't have a cell phone anyway so it's not a big deal.
@KassySC,
Of course it makes zero sense. Chess is run by idiots. The best solution if someone is caught redhanded using a phone to cheat is to ban that person for life from sanctioned chess. Instead of punishing the guilty, they inconvenience the innocent.