Teen caught in chess cheat row is banned
BY BARRY DUGGAN AND RALPH RIEGEL – 26 MARCH 2014 03:30 PM
The 16 year old – who cannot be named as he is a minor – was caught by Romanian chess player, Gabriel Mirza, who had become suspicious about his repeated absences to go to the bathroom.
An Irish Chess Union (ICU) probe into the allegations was conducted and the teen admitted the matter.
In a statement, the ICU said an independent disciplinary board had imposed a four month tournament ban.
However, ICU executives described the length of the ban as overly lenient but were powerless to increase it.
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However, Mr Mirza also received a 10-month ban from involvement at any level within the ICU after his actions were deemed to have brought the organisation into “disrepute”.
Full article: http://www.herald.ie
Being discussed on the boards.ie chess forum in Ireland here:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056971491
Hilarious that the cheater got a 4 month suspension and the whistle-blower was banned from Ireland for 10 months.
That’s not a very accurate summation to be fair. The whistle-blower was given a suspension (with most of the time suspended) not for the cheating incident (which would have been stupid) but because he used force on a minor which in Irish law is a bit of a no-no.
Also, we can’t ban people from Ireland, even though in some cases, it’d be a good idea (like say, several of our politicians…)