Paco Vallejo on Kirill Shevchenko case, “Cheaters should get 10 year ban”
Kirill Shevchenko made one of the worst possible moves for a chess player – he was caught with a phone at the ongoing Spanish Team Chess Championship. The arbiter of the event Oscar Bruno de Prado Rodriguez comments, “I firmly believe and in light of the evidence gathered throughout the investigation that this player has made use of the mobile phone during the game”
Kirill Shevchenko has played two games. In round 1 Kirill Shevchenko made a draw vs Amin Bassem, while in round 2 he won vs Francisco Vallejo Pons. The frequent visits to the bathroom by Shevchenko provoked an investigation that caught the player. A complete report, with all the evidence, will be submitted to the FEDA Technical Committee of Arbiters and the FIDE Ethics Committee.
Francisco Vallejo Pons aka Paco Vallejo was the one who asked for a detailed investigation on the frequent visits of Shevchenko to the bathroom. Vallejo is convinced that the game against Kirill Shevckenko was not normal. For El Mundo and Federico Marin Bellon, Vallejo shares, “The first key moment of the game is move 4. My opponent moves and leaves running from the playing hall. I played a line that the dude could not expect because I never played this before. I waited for a minute and he was still not there. I asked the arbiter, ‘where is he, this is very strange?’ Then [Shevchenko] returns and lashes out series of diabolical moves. All of them precise and by the hand – without thinking. Its utterly interesting what he plays in a line that he does not expect.” The game continues and Vallejo still hangs in there. Then the Spaniard, after a 15 mins think, finds a move that could save the draw – a pawn sacrifice. Shevchenko blitzes out the perfect answer to the unexpected sacrifice. “I was agitated at this point, I said to myself, what do I know, probably the dude is amazingly strong.” But later in the position his suspicions grow even more, as Shevchenko exchanges rooks, where, according to Vallejo, no human player would.
After losing the game Vallejo goes to his room, checks the moves with the computer and exclaims, “Me está ganando la p*ta máquina” (“The f*cking machine is beating me”)
The disappointment of Vallejo
“This is the fifth game I play against someone that is later penalized [for cheating],” say Vallejo. “This is the world we live in, where there is no honor anymore. That’s how everything goes. The only thing that matters is winning. We see it in politics, in sports and everywhere.” Then adds, “For me the minimum sanction for cheating should be 10 years ban.”
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