I was really surprised to see nothing much odd-enough in the Topalov vs Kamsky match to wonder if it was Chess cheating. After seeing Topalov vs Kramnick WCC (Water Closet Championship) it really sort of weirded me out to see such a docile time in the Kamsky match. Did anyone else get that too?(And I was Really hoping to pick up some new ideas for the thread here, from that great master Danailov!~)

Well I think I've figured it out ... Topalov must simply be saving his Danailov oddball-match "Improvements" for the match with Anand~!!  Yeah ?! Anybody else wondering if it will be a "Calm & Kamsky" like match, or will it be a "Microwaves & Yogurt-codes" affair?

Here's another one.  When your opponent leaves the board on your time, hit the clock softly without moving and pretend to study the board.  When your opponent comes back and inquires, inform him that he forgot to hit his clock the previous move.  It works against inexperienced players! Don't try this at home. (The preceding comment was a joke)

And that's why I have my clock set to display move numbers!

Eniamar, great idea!

Yet I have also seen a clock move counter used to try to cheat as well~! A player claiming that he had reached the time control when the move counter said so ... but neglecting to mention that his clock had been restarted by the opponent several times in order that he must replace pieces knocked over during his blitz moves while trying to reach time control, which added several moves to the count that were not actually made . . . Even clocks it seems, can be turned towards Good or Evil ~!