Chess Grandmaster Gaioz Nigalidze caught cheating after hiding smartphone in tournament toilet

[Surya Gayatri]

Nigalidze aroused suspicion after making repeated trips to the toilet during his matches

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/georgian-chess-grandmaster-gaioz-nigalidze-caught-cheating-after-hiding-smartphone-in-tournament-toilet-10173479.html


Georgian chess Grandmaster Gaioz Nigalidze faces a 15 year ban from the game after being caught cheating at the Dubai Open Chess Tournament, where he had been using a smart phone to analyse one of his matches, which he had kept hidden in a toilet.

Nigalidze’s cheating had been discovered by officials during his sixth round with Armenia’s Grandmaster Tigran Petrosian.

Petrosian had told the tournament’s staff he believed Nigalidze was getting help from a chess computer through a portable electronic device during the game. He said he began to suspect his opponent after noticing he was frequenting the toilet after each move during a crucial part of the game.

[n2doc]

1. I guess his game went in the crapper n/t

[Surya Gayatri]

2. Down the tubes...

Fifteen year suspension? That's gotta hurt. His career is OVER.

[MADem]

3. The little pisser--what a shitty thing to do!!!! nt

[Surya Gayatri]

5. Filthy...caught in the act. His reputation isn't worth shit!

[ChisolmTrailDem]

4. Good he got caught. Now he can spend that 15-year suspension learning to play chess. nt

[Surya Gayatri]

6. Don't know anything about Mr. Nigalidze's chess talents, except that

he's a grand master.

Is his status unwarranted? Did he get it by cheating?

[ChisolmTrailDem]

7. Grand Master Cheater. nt

[bvf]

8. It's been years since I followed the game,

but I'm happy to see that Petrosian is still around.

Nigalidze should be banned for life.

[Rochester]

9. It must be a different player of the same name.

Petrosian the former world champion died in 1984.

[randome]

12. No, he didn't. He cheated Death!

How could one stoop so low as to sully the game of chess? For shame, Nigalidze.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]The truth doesn’t always set you free.
Sometimes it builds a bigger cage around the one you’re already in.[/center][/font][hr]

[bvf]

21. Ah! Thanks.

Like I said, it's been years...

[Surya Gayatri]

10. 15 years = life (for all intents and purposes)

[Jim Lane]

33. I had the same thought about "Tigran Petrosian"

You can't tell your Tigran Petrosians without a scorecard.

Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian (June 17, 1929 – August 13, 1984): former World Champion.
Tigran L. Petrosian (September 17, 1984 - ): current Grandmaster.

From the latter's Wikipedia bio:

Tigran L. Petrosian was born on 17 September 1984. His first name was deliberately chosen by his father to match the name of Tigran V. Petrosian, first Armenian who became the World Champion. When the late Tigran won the world title, Tigran's father dreamt that if he ever had a son he would call him Tigran.[2] The ex-world champ died a month before Tigran L. Petrosian was born.

I hadn't realized that the former World Champion died so young (55 years old, stomach cancer).

[Takket]

11. "damn Burger King.... excuse me again!"

[Surya Gayatri]

13. Oblique cultural or chess reference...sorry, don't follow.

[hughee99]

14. I think it is a "Burger King makes him poop a lot" joke. n/t

[Surya Gayatri]

15. Thaaaaanks!

[randome]

16. I remember when there was a Burger Queen and a Burger Cub.

Hamburger joints springing up like dandelions back then.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Birds are territorial creatures.
The lyrics to the songbird's melodious trill go something like this:
"Stay out of my territory or I'll PECK YOUR GODDAMNED EYES OUT!"[/center][/font][hr]

[hughee99]

22. I remember going to a Burger Chef when I was little. n/t

[randome]

23. Forgot about 'Chef'. I worked at one for 6 months.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]There is nothing you can't do if you put your mind to it.
Nothing.[/center][/font][hr]

[zappaman]

26. Burger Chef!

Loved that place as a kid!

[Eleanors38]

36. Looks like the one in G'ville, Fla in 1966.

[11 Bravo]

43. They were my favorite! The first chain to flame broil their burgers ...

IIRC.

[Takket]

19. +1 ;)

[olddots]

17. better hold the tournaments in the toilets from now on

or watch the players like hawks .

[randome]

18. Catheters.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]There is nothing you can't do if you put your mind to it.
Nothing.[/center][/font][hr]

[Surya Gayatri]

20. Ewwww! how about a thorough sweep of the place and toilet

visits with a 'minder'.

[Stuart G]

24. Cheating Chess?

"Say it ain't so, Shoeless Joe."

[Action_Patrol]

25. There's always those hardcore Checkers tournaments to chase

[PoliticAverse]

27. Grand Masterbantion. n/t

[SidDithers]

28. So, without my glasses, I read this thread title as "Cheese Grandmother.."

And I'm thinking to myself - what the hell is a Cheese Grandmother, and how does a toilet smartphone help her?



Sid

[Surya Gayatri]

31. Seriesly, Sid? Cheese? Camembert or Brie...LOL!

[whatthehey]

29. Strange. I'm not THAT old and in my adult life it's gone like this...

No chess computer will ever challenge a real player.

Oh look they have chess computers that are pretty decent but can't beat a world-ranked player.

Deep Blue just beat the champion? Well sure but it took a multimillion dollar supercomputer from a major corporation.

Crap I can't beat this $50 software even on a good day and I'm a good player.

Now Grand Masters need help from a free Play Store app on their phone (probably complete with ads for Jewels Saga every other turn) to compete in open tournaments.

It's just one short step from this to "Humans playing chess unassisted? Don't be silly - that's like a natural Tour de France winner!"

[Politicalboi]

30. LOL!

How stupid can you be. He should have tried to convince them he he's also a Grand Masterbater instead of a cheater.

[Surya Gayatri]

32. A toilet break after EVERY move? Did he seriously

think that wouldn't ring some alarms?

[Eleanors38]

34. I knew he made some crappy moves.

[Initech]

35. That's pretty shitty!

[Omaha Steve]

37. Proper quote

When people cheat in any arena, they diminish themselves-they threaten their own self-esteem and their relationships with others by undermining the trust they have in their ability to succeed and in their ability to be true.”
― Cheryl Hughes

[Surya Gayatri]

39. If only our roid-pumped athletes could get that message!

As for Mr. Nigalidze, he'll have 15 years to contemplate his self-esteem and truthfulness.

[Brother Buzz]

38. I once hid my smartphone in the toilet....

and it's never worked right since then

[Surya Gayatri]

41. Apparently his was water proof...

[Phentex]

40. that's pathetic...

how low!

[Surya Gayatri]

42. How stupid. After EVERY move? Seriesly?