Crime and punishment

Sosonko's encounter with the Dutch media:

One day a sweet female voice, introducing herself on the phone as a journalist from a daily newspaper in Hollland, told me they were preparing a big article on the topic of "Sex on the night before a big competition' and that she had already had conversations on this topic with footballers and jockeys. So what did chess players think about this? '

The best answer,of course, would have been,'No comment,' but I'd got involved in the conversation and remarked that unlike other sports, in chess sex was possible not only on the night before a match, but also during the game itself, while one's oppoonent was thinking about his move.

The interviewer then became quite animated and began quizzing me about my own experience in this field, but I changed my mind, quickly cut the conversation short and hung up. Nevertheless,in thepaper that appeared a few days later, one of garish headlines read: " Grandmaster Sosonko recommends sex during a game,' and in the photograph,God knows where they found it, for some reason I was sitting with a cat on my knees and smiling meaningfully.