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Hara: To prevent AI cheating, Nippon Kiin inspects unannounced luggage
Excerpt from: Sankei Shimbun
Author: Yoichi Ito
Photo: Asahi Shimbun
The Japanese Chess Academy recently began randomly checking the players' belongings in the game, which is performed to prevent the players from using electronic products such as smartphones in the game.
On September 23, a total of 35 games were played at the Tokyo Main Campus of the Japan Chess Academy. After the players resumed their game after the lunch break, Kikuyo Aoki, the executive director of the Japan Chess Academy's chess operations, went to one of the eight groups of chess players behind the game room and said, "Now start checking your belongings, please don't resume the game until the inspection is over," and then check the players with a metal detector. The players open their own bags and check their shoes in addition to checking them.
The players knew in advance that they would take a random first check, but the staff needed to spend 10 minutes to check the 16 players, and a male chess player who could not concentrate said to Kobayashi Kyaw, the chairman of the Japanese Chess Academy, who was looking outside: "Can you check the random check before the game starts?" But Kobayashi replied, "If it weren't for a direct spot check, it wouldn't make sense."
Kikuyo Aoki said: "Although there are chess players holding chargers, they don't see other electronic products."
In order to prevent illegal acts caused by electronic products, the Japanese chess academy has stipulated that only mobile phones and other products need to be placed in the cabinet of the Japanese chess academy from October 2018, and their mobile phones cannot be removed before the end of their own matches. If it is found during the match that the electronic product with communication function is in possession, it will be awarded on the spot. Lunch breaks and evening breaks from January this year are not allowed to leave the opposite place.
Many chess players download artificial intelligence software to improve their own level. In South Korea last year, a chess player in South Korea was found to have used artificial intelligence software during the match when playing an online match, and was eventually banned for 1 year. Kikuyo Aoki said: "The use of AI has become easier and simpler, and I don't really want to check on everyone, but in order to meet the times, we must take measures." It also said that random spot checks will be taken in the future.