Looks like someone was using performance enhancing technologies:

An Indian chess player has been banned from competing for 10 years after seeking the assistance of a computer via a bluetooth headset.

Umakant Sharma was caught during a “random check” in a New Delhi tournament on 4 December, Information Week reports. The headset was sewn into a cap which he “typically pulled down over his ears”. The All India Chess Federation (AICF) found Sharma’s accomplices had used a computer to calculate moves and had transmitted the recommendations to him via said headset.

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