English Chess Forum

At the Bridge discussion forum http://bridgewinners.com/, Jonathan Mestel describes the anti-cheating measures at the Baku (Chess) Olympiad.

His conclusion:

"So it's all a mess and occasionally outrageous. Perhaps some sort of workable framework will be established in time. But for the moment, whatever you think of the [World Bridge Federation], I advise you to stick to bridge."

In the ensuing discussion at http://bridgewinners.com/article/view/m ... -cheating/, his conclusion is not universally shared. Some comments suggest that, while the Baku measures may have been obtrusive, they were preferable to doing little or nothing.

For anyone who doesn't know, the bridge world was rocked last year by evidence suggesting that pairs from four of the top six teams in the 2014 European Champioships had cheated in that event.

Heh. Off topic, but Mestel's picture over there is captioned:

"The picture lies - I have no hair or snakes any more."

A strange piece in the Washington Times starts out as an anti-cheating article relating to Japanese Shogi players being banned from bringing electronic devices in with them (thought that seemed appropriate to this thread) but then morphs into a chess touch and move incident from 1976. This was regarding a game between Kholmov-Lutikov in Dubna, Russia. What happened is that on move 11 White played h3 expecting that Black would automatically take the knight on f3 with 11...Bxf3. However, Lutikov played 11...Bc8 and it appears on auto pilot Kholmov attempted to play 12 Qxf3 capturing his own knight! Full story here:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/201 ... t-the-win/

Chris Rice wrote:A strange piece in the Washington Times starts out as an anti-cheating article relating to Japanese Shogi players being banned from bringing electronic devices in with them... (

Shogi toiletgate was reported in The Times yesterday.
See also http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201610130055.html

Tim Harding wrote: Shogi toiletgate was reported in The Times yesterday.
See also http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201610130055.html

"He added that he was discussing his next move with his lawyer."

Er, what?

edit : Oh, I see, he doesn't mean this is what he was doing during the game!

NickFaulks wrote: edit : Oh, I see, he doesn't mean this is what he was doing during the game!

Does Shogi have the same long standing prohibition as chess, namely consulting third parties or resources whilst the game is in progress?

Shogi player cleared of cheating