Chess cheat: how the French chess scam worked

[Blue_Tires]

It is thought he logged the moves into a powerful chess computer, then texted via mobile phone its suggested moves to Arnaud Hauchard, the team captain, who was present in the tournament room in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. The moves were encrypted as codes hidden within phoney telephone numbers, the authorities claimed.

For example, the numbers 63 and 68 within a 10-digit number signified a move from F3 on the chessboard to F8.

The captain then allegedly communicated these to 19-year old Sébastien Feller, fifth in the world junior chess rankings, during his match.

He is thought to have done this by standing next to a particular player at a given table. Each contestant represented a pre-agreed letter and a number. For example, the first player represented A1, the second B2 etc. The captain first stood by one player to convey the letter, then another to give the accompanying number.

Mr Feller had only to briefly check his captain's movements to know which piece to move and where, the authorities claimed.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/8405187/Chess-cheat-how-the-French-chess-scam-worked.html

[dimbear]

1. It might be important to know how that computer got control

of these human minions. Blackmail? Implants?

Chess players often seem to live out on the edge of the board, as it were.

[PuffedMica]

2. Just who is on the other end of those text messages?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7Rq-PEW5qM

[MilesColtrane]

3. Hoh, Hoh, Hoh!

Zee French are...how you say?...sneaky bastards, no?