Kirill Shevchenko phone cheating case – reactions

Kirill Shevchenko has sparked #Toiletgate2 after being caught cheating with a phone at the Spanish Team Chess Championship. See the full developing story here

Here is a collection of reactions on the Kirill Shevchenko phone case

Kirill Shevchenko’s alleged phone cheating case so far

14.10.2024 Breaking: Kirill Shevchenko caught with a phone at Spanish Team Chess 2024
14.10.2024 Kramnik: The cheating case of Kirill Shevchenko is expected
14.10.2024 The team captain not sure in the innocence of Kirill Shevchenko
14.10.2024 The chess world reacts to Kirill Shevchenko’s case

Ian Nepomniachtchi was short in his comment on Shevchenko’s case, linking the El Mundo article and saying, “Que maestro”

Vladimir Kramnik was as prolific as ever, blaming the whole situation and attacking Chess.com again. See the full Kramnik statements here (Ed.note: Topalov recent comments on Toiletgate just a month ago)

Ben Finegold jokes, “During TT he had a note next to his computer “Vlad, don’t tell anyone what I’m doing!””

Susan Polgar says, “Phone in Toilet! Big sad story in chess! Remember, everyone is presumed innocent until proven guilty but this looks really bad.”

Vasif Durarbayli: “It seems that Kramnik has finally hit the target correctly! The former World Champion has been relentlessly proclaiming that there are many cheaters and that certain players should be checked. He even wrote about GM Kirill Shevchenko. Honestly, there aren’t many chess players left who haven’t been targeted by Kramnik, but it appears there was some truth in what he was saying after all.”

Laurent Fressinet: “Actually joked quite a few times that Kirill and I generally score 1,5/2 on the top boards in bundesliga … I like him and couldn’t imagine something like that but if the facts are proven, he should be punished with extreme severity”

Irina Bulmaga: “Shocking and hard to believe. For a second I thought it’s April 1st…”

Team captain of Silla comments the Shevchenko case