ANOTHER CHES GRAND MASTER CHEATING ACCUSATION, THIS TIME IT’S A TOILET TELEPHONE
When I look back at my own personal awareness of competitive chess news, I can only remember various reports of foreign names, almost always men, who were lauded for their brilliance when they won. But in recent years, chess has been marred with some pretty crazy accusations of cheating. There was one involving steel conkers hidden in one players pockets; the player was cleared of cheating. Then there was the supposed anal beads that were vibrating morse code instructions; that player was obviously cleared. And now? Now we’ve got another new accusation of a player supposedly going to the bathroom to use a toilet telephone to cheat.
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SHEVCHENKO SUPPOSEDLY SPENT A LOT OF TIME DURING A MATCH IN THE BATHROOM
Competitive chess has become pretty darn sordid, right? This latest accusation happened in a tournament in Spain, and Kirill Shevchenko, a grand master, was kicked out as a result. Shevchenko is currently ranked 69th on the chess boards internationally. The grand master, or possible latent teen using a toilet telephone in the bathroom on the down low, caused some to be suspicious when he spent quite a lot of time away from the chess board. In the bathroom. And a search of the bathroom ended up in the discovery of the toilet telephone, as well as notes with handwriting that looked a lot like Shevchenko’s.
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SOME OF THE CHESS WORLD IS ALREADY CUTTING TIES OVER TOILET TELEPHONE, BUT THE JURY IS STILL OUT
The Chair Chess Club’s Integrant Col lectius condemned any form of cheating, and terminated its relationship with Shevchenko. Shevchenko, who is from Ukraine, currently plays under the Romanian flag. The Romanian Chess Federation has said it is aware of the accusation of cheating with a toilet telephone, but is waiting for more details as “so far only circumstantial evidence has emerged publicly.” But the situation doesn’t seem positive for Shevchenko so far, with his home chess country sitting on the fence only as long as they are able. But for now, international chess the soap opera is in full effect.
We’ll just have to wait to get the final word on the toilet telephone fiasco.
