On #Cheating, time to recall a moment in #Indian #Chess:
Prominent players led by @DibyenduBarua submitted a complaint about IM DP Singh, who played Turin Olympiad 2006 for the country.
In Ol prep camp, he couldn't even solve basic positions.
Coach GM Ubilava was clueless and
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Prominent players led by @DibyenduBarua submitted a complaint about IM DP Singh, who played Turin Olympiad 2006 for the country.
In Ol prep camp, he couldn't even solve basic positions.
Coach GM Ubilava was clueless and
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...aghast.
We submitted our proof with games anlysis to #AICF.
I was told by an office-bearer: we were making the complaint because of 'jealousy' abt a new talent.
When I asked him - he was once a prominent player too - if he saw our games file, he said 'no'.
AICF constituted
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We submitted our proof with games anlysis to #AICF.
I was told by an office-bearer: we were making the complaint because of 'jealousy' abt a new talent.
When I asked him - he was once a prominent player too - if he saw our games file, he said 'no'.
AICF constituted
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...a 3 member fact-finding committee.
It never submitted a report.
Meanwhile, Singh's associate Umakanth Sharma was caught red handed, and banned from playing #Chess by AICF for 10 years.
Sharma (peak 2484!) gained 495 Elos in 6 months, Singh (peak 2523) 250 points in a yr.
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It never submitted a report.
Meanwhile, Singh's associate Umakanth Sharma was caught red handed, and banned from playing #Chess by AICF for 10 years.
Sharma (peak 2484!) gained 495 Elos in 6 months, Singh (peak 2523) 250 points in a yr.
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With their 'performances', DP Singh and Umakanth Sharma got employed by Indian Railways under sports quota.
Many careers were ruined by Singh, including mine: I lost a crucial penultimate round to him @ National B, Goa 2008, got knocked out.
Some of those AICF office-bearers
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Many careers were ruined by Singh, including mine: I lost a crucial penultimate round to him @ National B, Goa 2008, got knocked out.
Some of those AICF office-bearers
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... are still around. Some still at the top of AICF!
DP Singh stopped 'performing'. His last 'title' win was in 2010, as far as I know.
He is back to Elo 2127 now.
There are no jammers, strict frisking or algorithmic analysis of games at the nationals even today in India.
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DP Singh stopped 'performing'. His last 'title' win was in 2010, as far as I know.
He is back to Elo 2127 now.
There are no jammers, strict frisking or algorithmic analysis of games at the nationals even today in India.
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