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This is confirmed at https://www.fide.com/news/202.Mick Norris wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2019 9:48 amMark Crowther is reporting the Masters group as Carlsen, Caruana, Giri, Nepomniachtchi, So, Anand, Yangyi, Duda, Artemiev, Firouzja, Xiong, Dubov, Kovalev and Jorden van Foreest.
Which applies to the Open and Amateur events, as well as the Masters and Challengers, and bans the wearing of watches (of any type).
Interesting. Is that something like what is stated here?Ian Thompson wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2020 3:02 pmI'm reminded of the long list of items that Amazon Web Services ban from their exam rooms, which includes, for example, any item of jewellery over a certain, small, size, and, if I remember correctly, hair bands and the like.
https://cloudacademy.com/blog/aws-certi ... to-expect/the exam must be taken at a Kryterion testing facility.
When you arrive you sign in and place all your belongings in a locker. You are not allowed to take anything (wallet, phone, etc) with you into the testing room.
PCs are provided for you, in a room with a large window and video cameras so that your activities are monitored. The PC does not let you browse Google for the answers.
All of this ensures that you have the knowledge ingrained.
Does anyone have access to the actual list of prohibited devices? I'd be interested to hear what exemptions they have in place for medical devices (presumably these are also subject to inspection).The security procedures for AWS exams are very strict and prohibit personal items (notes, phones or laptops, backpacks, notepads), food, or drink in the test area. Eyewear, watches, or GPS tracking devices that are worn into the testing area may also be subject to inspection. You may request a whiteboard and marker from the exam proctor, and some facilities will allow you to request paper and pencil. The full admission requirements and security procedures are outlined in the first steps of the exam scheduling process.
Almost certainly. Banning headgear and earpieces makes sense as well if intending to thwart hidden communications.
I recently took an AWS exam at a Pearson Vue office. I was given a sheet of paper with a list of prohibited items; I can't find an online version of it.Christopher Kreuzer wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2020 3:18 pmDoes anyone have access to the actual list of prohibited devices?
The problem is that you think the distinction between a cheap £10 watch with a plastic strap and a mechanical clockface, and a smartwatch, is obvious. Unfortunately, that's not really the case. Most organisations decide to ban watches on the basis that they kept having interminable arguments with players, and ambiguity as to what is a smartwatch and what isn't, so they just ban all watches in the interest of an easy life.Roger de Coverly wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2020 3:20 pmAlmost certainly. Banning headgear and earpieces makes sense as well if intending to thwart hidden communications.
Please explain why it's not obvious what a watch cannot do. Pens as well.
People aren’t going to play in chess tournaments in large numbers because they can’t wear a watch and they get given free pens*? It’s a view I suppose.Roger de Coverly wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2020 8:12 pmPlease explain why it's not obvious what a watch cannot do. Pens as well.
Put it this way, if an organiser tried running an event where participation was optional, a typical weekend tournament perhaps and tried banning watches and pens, attendance would be well down.
It's a case of not allowing arbiters to make unreasonable demands. In the absence of a collaborator, a "smart watch" could only be used for cheating if playing on a DGT board without transmission delay and with coverage by chessbomb or other sites.Richard Bates wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2020 8:31 pmPeople aren’t going to play in chess tournaments in large numbers because they can’t wear a watch and they get given free pens? It’s a view I suppose.
I expect so although some need an active mobile phone. If internet enabled, it could also look up the assessment on chessbomb or similar.
Paranoia would be assuming that all watches can be used to cheat. Alex’s point was that sometimes organisers will opt for a solution (not allowing any watches as an alternative to having to check all of them) which allows them to concentrate on other things. It’s hardly an unreasonable position. Arguably even less unreasonable than completely banning the presence of phones! (given that carrying a phone these days is often almost a necessity for many people in a way that wearing a watch patently isn’t).Roger de Coverly wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2020 8:56 pmI expect so although some need an active mobile phone. If internet enabled, it could also look up the assessment on chessbomb or similar.
What was being suggested is that all watches were banned, which I would regard as over the top paranoia.