Chess cheater's Bluetooth scheme sniffed out
By Darren Murph 
posted Dec 27th 2006 6:06PM
posted Dec 27th 2006 6:06PM
It's no surprise to hear of someone using mobile / wireless technology to their advantage, and in the latest case of cleverness slapped down by the law, a scandalous Indian chess player was banned for a solid decade in order to "send a message" about how serious they took his act. Umakant Sharma had reportedly logged rating points at an alarming pace in the last 18 months of play, and even qualified for the national championship. But alas, racking up such insane numbers was bound to attract an investigation, and it was discovered that Sharma had been communicating to outside accomplices via a mobile handset and a miniscule Bluetooth earpiece stitched inside a cloth cap, which allowed an external computer to direct his each and every move. While we fully understand the wrongness of such a ploy, we can't deny the humor in envisioning seasoned chess players becoming enraged at their sudden misfortunes, but we'd highly recommend ditching the headgear (and any devious thoughts) before entering a tournament yourself.
I'd like to be first to say... *clears throat* Haha
Owned.
its kind of cool... like something out of a James Bond flick.
Bluetooth? Weak. That would require you to have an earpeice somewhere on your head, as this fellow had stitched inside his cap. Gimme some bone conduction goodness, and I'll be quite happy, thank you. :)
Hey, what about SAT or other national exam? Do we even check every single person to make sure there's no Bond's gadget in their ears and mouth?
No need to worry about the SAT, as this kind of exam will be irrelevant very soon anyway, since everybody will have embedded, 24x7 web access and the web will have instant answers to all the questions that could ever be asked in a SAT exam. That silly test should finally be replaced with one that engages one's ability to reason on the basis of knowledge acquired in school *or* available on the web. Leave multiple choice tests to robots and the web and welcome to the 21st century...
Maybe he got the idea from Bush: http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2004/10/29/bulge/index.html
DEATH TO ALL CHEATERS!
(Yes, I'm an online gamer)