Checkmate: Chess Player Caught Using Morse Code to Cheat. What's Morse code for "banned" again? By Rollin Bishop Published: Sep 09, 2015 3:40 PM EDT. Save Article. Media Platforms Design Team.

They believe he was transmitting the game using a camera to someone with a chess computer, who relayed moves back using Morse code. Lesson learned: Cheat better or don’t cheat at all.

Italian player Arcangelo Ricciardi, who is ranked 51,366 in the world, got away with the scam in his first few matches of the Imperia Chess Festival in Italy, but was busted when referees caught ...

According to the Wall Street Journal, experts believe the current best chess computer programs would be rated between 3200 and 3300 on the scale used to measure chess performance.

Arcangelo Ricciardi entered the International Chess Festival of Imperia ranked 51,366 in the world, ... Chess player kicked out of tournament for using morse code and video to win.

A Romanian chess grandmaster has been expelled from the 2024 Spanish Team Championship after a locked phone found in a bathroom stall was linked to him.

Officials believe the 37-year-old was using the camera, hung around his neck, to transmit the game to someone with a chess computer program, who was feeding back moves using Morse code.

Chess cheat caught using Morse code and spy camera. Arcangelo Ricciardi was exposed after organisers became suspicious when he refused to stand up throughout the tournament and began flickering ...

An Italian chess player has been kicked out of one the country's most prestigious tournaments after allegedly using a camera and Morse code to cheat. Officials at the tournament became suspicious ...