Re: [NAOthelloTourneys] Othello Cheating ?!

Dear Othello Friends,

I was putting off posting about this until the WOF Council has finished putting together a full response, but since it's taking longer than I hoped for that to happen I can tell you what I know.

The French have suspected that Bintsa was cheating in tournaments since 2008 and they claim they finally caught him.  Apparently, he was at the table with a PDA attached to his leg underneath his pants and by stretching the fabric of the pants he could see the screen.  When they caught him the PDA had a position that matched that of the game in progress on the screen.  They claim he has admitted to cheating in several tournaments since the French Championships in 2008 (though not in all games).  My understanding is that the French kicked him out of the tournament and have put in place a 3 year ban on his participation in French tournaments.  Bintsa has been given the opportunity to respond to the allegations and has declined.

Since this is an unprecedented situation, the council is discussing many things for the first time.  Rest assured that we take any rules infraction (especially cheating) extremely seriously and an appropriate response is being forumulated.

Randy

--- On Tue, 9/22/09, David Parsons <parsonsdavid@...> wrote:

From: David Parsons <parsonsdavid@...>
Subject: [NAOthelloTourneys] Othello Cheating ?!
To: NAOthelloTourneys@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2009, 5:55 AM

 

Since this hasn't been published yet on the US forums, I thought I'd keep all of you up to date. 
 
> From: Benkt Steentoft <benkt.steentoft@ gmail.com>
> Subject: Update from the World Othello Federation
> To: info@worldothellofe deration. com
> Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2009, 1:39 AM
> Dear all,
> 
> As you all know Mr. Bintsa Andriani was caught cheating at
> a tournament this weekend by the France Othello Federation.
> FFO will have an meeting this week and then send a
> complaint to the World Othello Federation. The WOF council
> will have a judgment meeting when we have got all the
> information from FFO and Mr. Bintsa Andriani himself.
>
> Please have in mind when discussing this matter that WOF
> havn't made any decision yet!
> Until WOF council have had their meeting Mr. Andriani
> is suspended from all Othello tournaments.
> 
> If you have any question please contact us.
> 
> Best Regards
> 
> Benkt Steentoft
> World Othello Federation

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