Umakant Sharma

Umakant Sharma (born 1982) is an Indian chess player who in 2006 was banned from playing competitive chess for ten years. Umakant was caught cheating during the Subroto Mukerjee tournament in India in which he was rated as the top seed.
Cheating
Umakant Sharma was caught receiving instructions from an accomplice, during the Subroto Mukerjee memorial international rating chess tournament at Subroto Park, using a chess computer via a Bluetooth-enabled device which had been sewn into his cap. The accomplices he had been communicating with were outside the location at which he was playing, and were relaying moves for him to make from a computer simulation. Officials became suspicious after Umakant gained large amounts of rating points in the previous eighteen months, even qualifying for the national championship. Officials became more suspicious after receiving multiple complaints in writing alleging that Umakant's moves were in exactly the same sequence suggested by the chess computer Pocket Fritz. However, when a person cheats in chess, it is impossible for his opponent to have a chance to win, as humans can't beat computer engines.

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