GM Caught Cheating in Tourn With Hidden Cellphone in Bathroom

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Re: GM Caught Cheating in Tourn With Hidden Cellphone in Bathroom

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Uri Blass wrote: Tue Jul 16, 2019 11:17 pm
Ovyron wrote: Tue Jul 16, 2019 10:57 pm
Leo wrote: Mon Jul 15, 2019 3:55 pmthe bathroom is the only place without video surveillance."
But then how was he caught?
The quote is from 2006 World Chess Championship and Mr. Kramnik .

Kramnik is not the GM in the subject.
Yes, that was quite obvious, but it was good that you made that clear.
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Re: GM Caught Cheating in Tourn With Hidden Cellphone in Bathroom

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MikeGL wrote: Mon Jul 15, 2019 12:55 pm It's not everyday where a chess news is published on a tech site.
Cheating caught with picture inside a bathroom.
All the news stories report that a phone was found in a toilet that had just been used by him. It is not clear to me how that relates to the picture of what seems to be him sitting on a toilet with the lid down and holding a mobile phone.

Did he pose for a picture after having been caught?

Or did someone simply find a picture on the internet that sort of fit the story?
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Re: GM Caught Cheating in Tourn With Hidden Cellphone in Bathroom

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syzygy wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2019 12:35 am
MikeGL wrote: Mon Jul 15, 2019 12:55 pm It's not everyday where a chess news is published on a tech site.
Cheating caught with picture inside a bathroom.
All the news stories report that a phone was found in a toilet that had just been used by him. It is not clear to me how that relates to the picture of what seems to be him sitting on a toilet with the lid down and holding a mobile phone.

Did he pose for a picture after having been caught?

Or did someone simply find a picture on the internet that sort of fit the story?
I thought the same thing - something doesn't add up ( story and picture).
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