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Re: French cheating at Olympiad
Reply #117 - 07/31/12 at 16:27:03
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Blue Flaneur wrote on 07/31/12 at 15:56:05:
At least there was some justice. cheatin' europeans.


Says the guy with a French sounding alias...  Grin


Btw, am I the only one to associate this with this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QlBTOAqHhk ? 

Maybe, as an extra penalty they could be required to always wear a t-shirt with the text of the chorus. Smiley
  
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Re: French cheating at Olympiad
Reply #116 - 07/31/12 at 15:56:05
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At least there was some justice. cheatin' europeans.
  
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Re: French cheating at Olympiad
Reply #115 - 07/31/12 at 08:04:43
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This should really be a case of a life ban I think. 3 years is far too soft on them.
  
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Re: French cheating at Olympiad
Reply #114 - 07/31/12 at 02:40:08
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FIDE has just announced that Feller, Hauchard and Marzolo will be suspended for about 3 years each. 

Here's a link to the story:

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=8370
  
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Re: French cheating at Olympiad
Reply #113 - 11/25/11 at 23:33:05
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i would have banned them for life. A cheater is a cheater for life. I think if they will come back they will perfect their cheating method Sad.

  
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Re: French cheating at Olympiad
Reply #112 - 09/08/11 at 03:46:57
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GMTonyKosten wrote on 09/08/11 at 00:36:05:
..... I've seen in the papers this year .....

Surinamese paper De Ware Tijd (True Times) always covers Surinamese chess. But I guess that doesn't count as a major news story.
  
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Re: French cheating at Olympiad
Reply #111 - 09/08/11 at 00:36:05
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Incidentally, the only other major news story about chess that I've seen in the papers this year was about Libyan leader Kadafi playing a game with Ilyumzhinov. Roll Eyes
  
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Re: French cheating at Olympiad
Reply #110 - 09/08/11 at 00:34:04
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I was speaking with a French player today about the scandal, and he mentioned that making a Google search for 'Chess' and 'France' brings page after page of links about cheating and scandal! Shocked
I've just had a go and he seems to be right! Sad
Well, I suppose it is one way to get publicity for the game! Undecided
  
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Re: French cheating at Olympiad
Reply #109 - 07/19/11 at 09:30:11
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Yes, indeed, 2000 Francs are much money here in Bulgaria.. But I don't even want to know his name. Shame on him!
Edit: And I hope he isn't a friend of mine!  Sad
  
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Re: French cheating at Olympiad
Reply #108 - 07/18/11 at 20:30:46
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Smyslov_Fan wrote on 06/06/11 at 13:01:57:
I don't know GM Spraggett, but it's the GM rather than the FM who comes off worse here.

I know Kevin very well, and he is a nice, sincere guy.
These cases of players throwing games occur all the time and are very difficult to prove. Many years ago I complained to the organisers that a last round game was being thrown in a French tournament by a Bulgarian IM, costing me around 1000 Francs at the time. The organisers did nothing, but at the prize-giving the IM apologised to me and said that he had been offered 2000 Francs and simply couldn't refuse ... as it was enough money to live for a whole year in Bulgaria! Undecided
  
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Re: French cheating at Olympiad
Reply #107 - 07/18/11 at 16:25:47
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Unbelievable: After the verdict of a French court Sebastien Feller will participate in the FIDE World Cup (26th August to 21th September in Khanty-Mansiysk). French cheating case: sanctions suspended, Feller and Hauchard can play again

  
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Re: French cheating at Olympiad
Reply #106 - 06/06/11 at 14:35:16
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GMTonyKosten wrote on 06/06/11 at 10:17:46:
Keano wrote on 06/06/11 at 09:47:54:
"... And indeed, it was very stupid of him to do it in the final round, because he had already scored his IM norm after the penultimate round.”

Presumably he had also been cheating in his previous games?


Maybe " it was very stupid of him to CONTINUE to do it in the final round, because he had already scored his IM norm after the penultimate round" would be a more acurate way to describe the situation.
  
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Re: French cheating at Olympiad
Reply #105 - 06/06/11 at 13:50:30
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GMTonyKosten wrote on 06/06/11 at 10:17:46:

Presumably he had also been cheating in his previous games?


I think once caught cheating red-handed like that you have to presume he was cheating in all the games. Should be hounded out of the game the German young lad, at least he has a career in law it seems.
  
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Re: French cheating at Olympiad
Reply #104 - 06/06/11 at 13:20:36
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GMTonyKosten wrote on 06/06/11 at 10:17:46:
Keano wrote on 06/06/11 at 09:47:54:
"... And indeed, it was very stupid of him to do it in the final round, because he had already scored his IM norm after the penultimate round.”

Presumably he had also been cheating in his previous games?

Yeah, that was my first thought. Once he's been busted, how can you trust his previous games? That's why I'd think stripping of ALL titles would be appropriate in this type of scenario.
  
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Re: French cheating at Olympiad
Reply #103 - 06/06/11 at 13:09:15
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TalJechin wrote on 06/06/11 at 10:48:54:

Plotkin's version doesn't sound unbelievable to me: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=5117

Nor to me. As someone who used to read Spraggett's blog before I got fed up with him and it, I'm inclined to believe that he is overreacting here.
  
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