http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3605Ian Kingston wrote: I'm waiting for someone with a hearing aid to be accused of cheating.
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It doesn't say how he would deal with a player who wore a hearing aid for genuine reasons. His issue is rather more to ensure that big money events for lower rated players aren't distorted by someone hardly able to play chess being fed moves. GM level, as we may have seen with Feller and the German cases is more about getting some assistance at critical periods of the game.Bill Goichberg, president of the US Chess Federation and a leading organizer, announced new cheating prevention measures for his four biggest events. These specify that players may not use headphones, earphones, cell phones or hearing aids;