Cheating on the toilet? Chess grandmaster under suspicion

The 22-year-old is said to have hidden a mobile phone in the toilet during the Spanish team championship in Melilla in order to use the device as an aid during the matches. He was therefore disqualified after the third round "for the (unauthorized) use of mobile devices," the Spanish association Feda announced. The number 69 in the chess world rankings was born in the Ukrainian capital Kiev, but has been playing for Romania since last year. The Romanian federation condemned cheating in sport, but demanded "solid evidence" in Shevchenko's case. "Until then, we are on the side of our chess player, who denies the accusations made against him," it said in a communiqué. So far, only circumstantial evidence has been published. Citing the organizers of the Spanish team championship, which runs until Saturday, the sports newspaper "Marca" and other media reported what had happened in the Spanish North African exclave of Melilla: The multiple Spanish champion Francisco Vallejo complained during his match against Shevchenko that his opponent had left the hall several times for long periods of time. Matching handwriting as evidence Despite warnings from the referee team, Shevchenko continued to go to the toilet several times during the match against the much more experienced Vallejo (42) without first asking for the necessary permission. A member of the organization team then found a mobile phone in the single toilet used by the Romanian by choice. The cleaning staff confirmed that a mobile phone had already been in the same place during Shevchenko's second-round match. In addition to the cell phone, a note was also discovered under the toilet. According to "Marca", it was found that Shevchenko's handwriting matched that on the note. In addition, the cell phone was set to Romanian time. When asked, the Spanish association said that it would now report the case to the international association Fide.

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Cheating on the toilet? Chess grandmaster under suspicion

The young chess grandmaster Kirill Shevchenko is accused of fraud in Spain.

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