French Chess Federation Accuses Its Own Players of Cheating

[Scott Tortorice]

Sacrebleu!

French Chess Federation Accuses Its Own Players of Cheating

An announcement on Friday on the French Chess Federation’s Web site accuses three of its own players of cheating during last year’s Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.

The players accused of cheating are grandmasters Sébastien Feller, France’s fifth-ranked player, Arnaud Hauchard, No. 16 in the country, and Cyril Marzolo, an international master, ranked No. 46.

 

[kcdusk]

Accusations of players cheating. Accusing your own countries players of cheating?!?!?!?!

1. Only the french!

2. A shame to call out a young player and accuse him of cheating. I hope the french chess organisation has spoken to the player and offered support if the players been mislead by a coach or something. Better to teach him a lesson without destroying him.

3. the article doesnt say how he cheated.

 

[Scott Tortorice]

I would like to know more details, too.

 

[Scott Tortorice]

Follow-up...or is this a new scandal?

French chess in pieces after three top players are suspended for cheating

After Thierry Henry's Le Hand of God, people may come to expect the French to cheat - but at chess?

Athletics and cycling might be marred by doping scandals but for three French chess players, text messages and computer software were the tools used to gain an unfair advantage at a Siberian tournament.

Sebastian Feller, 20, Cyril Marzolo, 32, and 39-year-old French captain Arnaud Hauchard have now been suspended by their national chess federation after being accused of cheating at a chess olympiad.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1369884/French-chess-federation-suspends-players-suspected-cheating.html#ixzz1HjqbGLPQ
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