Kirill Shevchenko receives 75 days suspension by the Ethics Commission

Kirill Shevchenko has sparked #Toiletgate2 after allegedly being caught cheating with a phone at the Spanish Team Chess Championship. After the FIDE Fair Play Commission comments on the incident , now the FIDE Ethics and Disciplinary Commission hands 75 days suspension on Kirill Shevchenko. See the full story below

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
14.10.2024 Second phone found at the Spanish Team Championship
15.10.2024 Romanian Chess Federation issues a statement on the case of Kirill Shevchenko
16.10.2024 Mark Crowther: the alleged cheating in Shevchenko’s case is not sophisticated in any way
17.10.2024 Paco Vallejo on Kirill Shevchenko case, “Cheaters should get 10 year ban”
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17.10.2024 FIDE Fair Play Commission comments on the incident

FIDE informs, “Based on a request of Fair Play Commission to establish a prima facie case against GM Shevchenko, EDC had taken a decision to suspend the player for a period of 75 days from today’s date, i.e. until 1st January 2025 from any official activities as a player. The Ethics and Disciplinary Commission will be prepared to reconsider its decision regarding the provisional suspension if a motivated request to that effect is received from the player at any time within the next two (2) weeks. Meanwhile Fair Play Commission will continue its investigation.”

As a result Kirill Schevchenko is removed from the top seeded team of the European Club Cup 2024 and he is substituted by Ivan Skolov.

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