Could you concentrate on your next move if your opponent looked like this?

http://www.chessbase.com/news/2008/events/pogonina04.jpg

It would be very, very hard...

pcfilho wrote:

It would be very, very hard...

I think you should rephrase that.

For me, during a chess game, all I think about is chess. Flirting and ogling don't belong on the chessboard. And who knows, she might be turned on by a merciless beating.

I actually think it would be a little offputting. I prefer to play ugly people.

Other things often put me off. Knee wagglers, pen clickers, mint crunchers or people who stand up after every move. I even had a guy reading a book opposite me at a tourney once. (Not a chess one.)

Yeah, it'd be great if I could just stay "in the zone" and ignore all that stuff but it does get to me.

I want to play against her

http://www.europe-echecs.com/articles/IMG/jpg/Millet_Biel.jpg

I sense a "Women of Chess" calendar coming on...

Now that's a great idea.

Evening gowns and swimsuits.....

Marshal_Dillon wrote:

I want to play against her

http://www.europe-echecs.com/articles/IMG/jpg/Millet_Biel.jpg

Wow! Does your tongue hanging out and knocking over your king count as j'adoube?

I'm fairly certain I could.