Chess phone cheat caught

Submitted by SonofPearl on Thu, 04/17/2008 at 11:27am.

An Iranian player at the Dubai open has been caught cheating by receiving moves on his phone. Mr.Sadatnajafi, rated 2288, was thrown out of the tournament in disgrace.

It is believed that his accomplices followed his games as they were broadcast live on the interent and sent computer assisted suggestions to him via text messages on his phone. He was discovered receiving messages in round 5 of the event. In the previous round he had defeated a Grandmaster. All his results have now been annulled.

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by MarquisCrocker - 13 days ago
Texarkana, Texas United States

Member Since: Jan 2008
Member Points: 17

What does anyone get from cheating? I had rather lose honestly, than win by cheating. If I understood why people like that do things like that, I would be one of them.

by SonofPearl - 27 days ago
Wales

Member Since: May 2007
Member Points: 2221

Just to be clear - the cheater wasn't using a chess program on his phone. He was receiving texts from his accomplices who were presumably using a strong chess engine running on a PC.

by Jaguarphd - 27 days ago
California United States

Member Since: Jun 2007
Member Points: 60

Cell phone chess games are not really good

I have chessmaster on my my phone and I always beat it on a rating of grandmaster.

by metafor - 27 days ago
San Juan Puerto Rico

Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 29

I think he forgot to bring a charger to the tourney. :P

by deadpoetic - 28 days ago
Elk Grove United States

Member Since: Mar 2008
Member Points: 109

lol god what a exciting game.. they have the same pieces from move 25 till 100 XD....

by rootworm - 28 days ago
United States

Member Since: Jan 2008
Member Points: 100

in response to DrB127... wtf are you on about dude?

by Ramson_X - 28 days ago
United States

Member Since: Apr 2008
Member Points: 8

ok he maby did not receive 100 moves in the phone but for a cheater he only have to play a well known game like this one and in the crucial tine of the middle game start receiving the moves e.g. cheaters shouldnt be allowed to play in any federation they are such disgrase for the game

by suicider - 28 days ago
mb Slovenia

Member Since: Apr 2008
Member Points: 9

my phone plays chess at 2200 rating ... and the battery works for 5 h

by NM Zug - 28 days ago
Longwood, Florida United States

Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 124

If he did, the battery must have been one of those long-lasting ones!

Zug

by DrB127 - 28 days ago
Fairfax, California United States

Member Since: Jan 2008
Member Points: 26

i have a game right now that's over 100 moves, i'm not cheatin, ...should i suspect that the opponent is cheatin? i should have lost but i wiggled out and countered and i'm not givin in.

by jeterave - 29 days ago
Tucson Arizona United States

Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 17

CRAZY long game... just goes to show that cheaters end up playing really long games! He couldn't have received 100 moves on his cell phone, could he have?

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