user15253: I'm sorry for being vague, but that's exactly my problem: I can't find an online blog post of a German/Scandinavian master anymore which illustrated a case of a young boy from Eastern Europe who managed to reach 2500 mark (in a few months time span) thanks to some suspect tournaments and timing.
His coach fine-tuned everything to exploit the delay in updating the Elo list, combined with an excellent performance on a local tournament.
Does anyone can recall a similar story?
I'd really love to read the post again. It was backed up with data from the FIDE official site.

user15253: Ok, I finally got it!!!
Here is the link I've been looking for:
Zibbit's blog

15253: <p>I'm sorry for being vague, but that's exactly my problem: I can't find an online blog post of a German/Scandinavian master anymore which illustrated a case of a young boy from Eastern Europe who managed to reach 2500 mark (in a few months time span) thanks to some suspect tournaments and timing.
His coach fine-tuned everything to exploit the delay in updating the Elo list, combined with an excellent performance on a local tournament.</p>

<p>Does anyone can recall a similar story?</p>

<p>I'd really love to read the post again. It was backed up with data from the FIDE official site.</p>
 15253: <p>Ok, I finally got it!!!
Here is the link I've been looking for:
<a href="http://zibbit64.blogspot.com/2010/12/curious-case-of-alexandru-crisan.html" rel="noreferrer">Zibbit's blog</a></p>
