French Chess Federation suspends three top players for cheating
March 26th, 2011 - 12:19 pm ICT by ANIParis, Mar. 26 (ANI): Three French chess players have been suspended from the national team for cheating.
Sebastian Feller, 20, Cyril Marzolo, 32, and French captain Arnaud Hauchard, 39, were suspended by their national chess federation after being accused of cheating at a chess Olympiad.
“There have already been suspicions of cheating in chess, even involving strong players in the past, but there has never been proof of cheating,” the Daily Mail quoted federation chief Laurent Verat, as saying.
The allegations of the cheating came within the French chess set-up, after the federation’s vice president Joanna Pomain found a seemingly incriminating text message on one of the players’ phones.
She found a message sent to Marzolo by Hauchard that read “Hurry up and send me some moves”.
She later discovered Hauchard had sent some 150 messages to his teammate during the tournament at Khanty-Mansiysk last September.
While privacy laws mean the contents of the text messages have not been discovered, the French chess federation is reportedly ‘convinced’ the players cheated.
Feller’s lawyer Charles Morel told French radio station Europe 1 his client was determined to fight the allegations. (ANI)
- Chess players treated well in India, says Czech champion Laznicka - Jun 16, 2011
- Winning start for Indian men, women at chess Olympiad - Sep 22, 2010
- Winning start for Indian men and women's chess teams at Olympiad - Sep 22, 2010
- Coimbatore hosts national chess tournament for visually impaired - Oct 24, 2009
- Bob Feller Passes Away At 92 - Dec 16, 2010
- Footie manager jailed for 10 months for sex with underage player - Dec 15, 2010
- Parimarjan Negi is National Premier Chess Champion - Dec 22, 2010
- Russia to encourage patriotism through computer game - May 06, 2010
- Longoria opens about ex-husband - May 16, 2012
- Women's world champ Hou Yifan in field of six players at AAI Chess - Jun 19, 2011
- Angry Liz Hurley 'dumps' Shane Warne - Dec 21, 2010
- 'Chastity Garter' that texts cheating WAG's husband or boyfriend! - Feb 12, 2011
- Ashton Kutcher's 'lover' releases explosives texts to support her claims - Sep 23, 2010
- Court refuses to stay probe against chess federation (Lead) - Nov 22, 2011
- Virus hacks 150,000 cell phones in China - Feb 24, 2011
Tags: arnaud, chess, chess federation, chess olympiad, chess players, cyril, daily mail, europe 1, feller, french radio, last september, morel, national chess, privacy laws, radio station, suspicions, teammate, text message, text messages, verat