Disqualified by Evidence on a Phone [telecom]

open original image

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.

...