Posted on 04/14/2015 4:43:49 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Gaioz Nigalidze’s rise through the ranks of professional chess began in 2007, the year the first iPhone was released. In hindsight, the timing might not be coincidental.
On Saturday, Nigalidze, the 25-year-old reigning Georgian champion, was competing in the 17th annual Dubai Open Chess Tournament when his opponent spotted something strange.
“Nigalidze would promptly reply to my moves and then literally run to the toilet,” Armenian grandmaster Tigran Petrosian said. “I noticed that he would always visit the same toilet partition, which was strange, since two other partitions weren’t occupied.”
Petrosian complained to the officials. After Nigalidze left the bathroom once more, officials inspected the interior and say they found an iPhone wrapped in toilet paper and hidden behind the toilet.
“When confronted, Nigalidze denied he owned the device,” according to the tournament’s website. “But officials opened the smart device and found it was logged into a social networking site under Nigalidze’s account. They also found his game being analyzed in one of the chess applications.”........
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Did his opponent order the veal? I understand it’s excellent.
Checkmate, Stupid.
LOL..let’s see who else gets the reference!!
A dew rag plays chess? Who knew.
YEAH! ... if you run to the toilet after each move, it would tend to draw attention to you ... LOL ...
"It's perfect for us!"
Best in the city!
What, Michael whacked them with an iPhone...?
You give me too much credit - I’m the hunted one.
“What, Michael whacked them with an iPhone...?
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Those iPhones can do pretty much of everything these days.
“Now listen: I want somebody good — and I mean very good — to plant that iphone. I don’t want my brother coming out of that toilet with just his d1ck in his hands, alright?”
I don’t understand why the chess world is so concerned, the solution is simple. Hand held body scanners and the prohibition of iphones and stuff from the chess arena.........
I once broke up with a gal ‘cuz she beat me at chess.
“LOL..let’s see who else gets the reference!!”
Hmm... Godfather, scene at the Italian restaurant in the Bronx?
This is funny. 16 comments on a thread about chess, and 8 of them are Godfather references. Godfather is my favorite movie of all time, and has so many classic lines. I’m still amazed how “Citizen Cane” shows up as the best movie ever. I NEVER see a quote or reference to that unwatchable waste of time.
“Siri, what move should I make?”
“Gaioz, You should move to another country, because they caught you cheating.”
The Mechanical Turk. Great name for a chess cheating device!
The national council that administers the engineering exams banned people from bringing in pencils. When you go in to the testing room they give you 2 pencils. This is to prevent someone from trying to use the pencil scanners to steal the test questions.
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