Sunday, January 06, 2008

New Scandal

WIM Anna Rudolf had a successful start at the recent Vandoeuvre Open with perfect result in the first 3 rounds, only to end up accused of cheating by hiding Rybka in her lip balm. Latvian players were leading the charge but they found no support among other players. One of them reportedly refused to shake hands with Anna before the game, which is a violation of FIDE rules.

Read about the latest chess scandal

Interview with WIM Anna Rudolf on Chessdom

The Closet Grandmaster already has a name for the story - Lippygate.


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