Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 15:47:32 01/07/02
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Babelfish translation to English: NICE (AFP), 05-01-2002 An Italian player of failures was taken the hand in the pocket, where it had dissimulated a miniature computer commonly used by the partially-sighted persons, in an organized international tournament one week ago in a de luxe hotel of the walk of the English in Nice, according to a referee. Not very known the professional circuit in France, this Turinois 64 years old had slipped a small tactile computer, size of a box of diskettes, in one of the pockets of its coat, had folded on its knees. It enabled him to answer, by programming the blows of its adversary. With the third part, the referee, Eric Mouret, had doubts. And uncovered the cheater. " It is the first time that I see that. **time-out** it there have be some suspicion in some other case, but one have never have some evidence ", report it. The player, only identified like " Renato ", then tried corrompre Eric Mouret: " I cannot give a direction so that it made. He begged me, he jumped me above, he was like somebody in lack ", tells the referee, who accounted for the incident to the international federation and the Italian federation of failures. Thierry Foissey, the person in charge of the circle chess-board niçois, organizer of this 17th open international, is quite as surprised of the balance of the cheater: " this player is really inflated " to dare to practically cheat within sight of 246 players. Renato was not likely however any to carry it, underline the observers. This stage of the competition, it could not reach any more the final table of the 15 best players, nor with the profits of this tournament, equipped with 6.400 euros (42.000 francs). " I am baba. It is the first time that I intend to speak about a similar thing ", comments on the international Master Dariri Levacic, who adds that the low capacities of such a computer of pocket limit the use of it to the average players. The president of the French federation of failures (FFE), Jean-Claude Loubatière, fears for its part " the technological development, which increases the risks of cheating ". Renato, who had crossed the mark of 2000 Elo (points) and appeared in the 12ë place of the classification in Italy, is from now on under the blow of a suspension. On January 07, 2002 at 12:56:17, Pierre Bourget wrote: >On January 07, 2002 at 12:49:05, Marc van Hal wrote: > >>In a Duch newspaper was standing that in an Italian tournament a player was >>disqualefied because he use a handheld computer during the game >>Who was the player in wich tournament en what program did he use? >>This has happened before was it related to that game? >>In forwards thanks >> >>Regards Marc van Hal > >The story was also reported in french here : > >http://info.wanadoo.fr//Archives/insolite/6/020105155822.g6z91f9j.html > >The player only call himself Renato.
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