Top chess player Kirill Shevchenko disqualified for allegedly using mobile device during contests

Top chess player Kirill Shevchenko disqualified for allegedly using mobile device during contests

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Kirill Shevchenko, a chess grandmaster representing Romania, has been expelled from a competition in Spain for allegedly using a mobile phone during the contests, CE Report quotes Anadolu Agency

In a statement, Spanish chess body FEDA said Monday that the world no. 69 was reported to have used "mobile devices during the playing of his matches" to be disqualified while he was competing at the Spanish Team Championship in the country's Melilla enclave.

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