Disqualified by Evidence on a Phone
By DYLAN LOEB McCLAIN June 12, 2011
A German master was disqualified from his country's championship tournament this month, done in by his cellphone.
Officials determined that the master, Christoph Natsidis, 23, had consulted a computer program on his smartphone during his game against the grandmaster Sebastian Siebrecht in the last round.
According to Chessvibes, a Web site devoted to news about the game, Natsidis made repeated trips to the bathroom, for 8 to 10 minutes at a time. Siebrecht offered him a draw, which Natsidis accepted.
Afterward, a tournament referee asked to see Natsidis's phone and found a chess program on it with a position from the game. A message sent to Natsidis's Facebook page asking him for comment was not answered.
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