Chess tournament fired for peeping into the phone – BBC Russian

• 13 April 2015
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Gaioz Nigalidze threatens long suspension for cheating

Chess Champion Georgia Gaioz Nigalidze faces 15-year ban because he was peeping into the phone during a game against the Armenian grandmaster Tigran Petrosian at the tournament in Dubai.

Gaioz Nigalidze disqualified from the tournament.

Petrosyan suspected that something was wrong because of the fact that too often Nigalidze absented himself to the bathroom.

The Armenian chess player has asked judges to check the toilet cubicle, which was discovered by a mobile phone.

The phone was covered with toilet paper and hidden behind toilet.

Nigalidze initially denied that the phone belongs to him. However, the judge found that the social networks in the phone profiles were opened Georgian chess player.

The organizers found the phone chess app, which analyzed the current game.

Incident Report will be sent to World Chess Federation, which issue a verdict on the disqualification of a chess player.

Gaioz Nigalidze – twice champion of Georgia (2013th and 2014). His victory in the championship were sensational, as both times it was not seen by experts as a contender for the win.