David Howell

It was the Chess Olympiad, so all the top nations competing.

And I lost a really painful game.

And I lost a really painful game.

I had the white pieces and I nearly never lose with whites or at least I didn't at the time.

I had the white pieces and I nearly never lose with whites, or at least I didn't at the time.

So I walked away from the game being like something was up there.

So I walked away from the game being like, something was up there.

Like I just got crushed.

I just got crushed.

I never get crushed like that, even against the top players in the world.

I never get crushed like that, even against the top players in the world.

And then it turned out my opponent had been cheating.

And then it turned out my opponent had been cheating.

They had this convoluted system of like,

They had this convoluted system of like,

his team captain would walk behind me and stop a certain number of times to signal the coordinates of the square.

His team captain would walk behind me and stop a certain number of times to signal the coordinates of the square.

No way.

And they had a friend.

No way.