Annoying OTC habits

Anybody else come across Chess.com's  "404 missing page." I don't know about you, but if I was in an OTB tournament, I would go nuts watching Hikaru swirling that pawn. Curious if anybody else has the same problem?

1) Eating. Anything. There's nothing worse than watching and listening to someone chomp and slurp over food during a chess game. And yes, the crumbs and grease get on the board and pieces. 

2) "Adjusting" my pieces. This only happened once. I told him never touch my pieces again. I don't care what the rule book says.

3) Hitting the clock on his time because he doesn't realize I've already moved and thought he forgot to hit it when he finished his last move. Terrifically annoying and has happened more than once. 

4) Not resigning in lost, soon to be mated positions because their chess coach told them "never resign."  Their chess coach was wrong. Resign. 

TMB

Did he at least say "j'adoube" before adjusting his pieces? :-D

It happens when you try to open a page which has been removed or doesn't exist anymore. I like that thing though. just go on watching forever.

Over the counter drugs - Some are good, some are useless, and some are harmful. Eh, whatever...

Lol, good catch. I'm a biotech investor by day. :-D

So you probably have that acronym burned into your brain cells... that's understandable.

Regarding the items themaskedbishop mentioned - I guess I'm getting old and complacent - none of his objections particularly bothers me - I bring a cheap rollup board and weighted plastic pieces to tournaments. If they get greasy, no big deal. If my opponent wants to adjust my pieces on his time, go for it, man. Once I'm concentrating on the game, noises don't bother me much; I can tune them out pretty well.

I envy you all. 40 years of playing chess, and I've never played in a tournament. I always preferred the old chess clubs, British-inspired, with lots of oak paneling and dim lights, cigarette smoke wafting to the ceilings. The Manhattan Chess Club in New York (now gone), the Boylston Chess Club in Boston (now gone; well moved, but nothing like it's former glory). You would have all these eccentric characters/old-timers in those clubs. Nobody cared about ratings. It was just for fun. If you've ever seen the movie "Searching for Bobby Fischer" director Steve Zaillion does a wonderful piece when you see two of the old-timers arguing about whether somebody moved a piece or adjusted a piece. The "j'adoube". It's in the scene where Josh Waitzkin's dad first brings him to the Metropolitan. 

I think an opponent touching my pieces would be a no no. However, I am quite particular that they should be reasonably centrally placed on the square. If opponents are placing their own pieces 'messily' this bugs me. But I would never reach across and adjust my opponents pieces. 

I don't think it's allowed for an opponent to touch your own pieces. But if they say "j'adoube" French for "I adjust" they can adjust their own? Maybe somebody can correct me. I've never played in a tournament so I don't know. 

I don't think you would want to play me otb xD

....I adjust my pieces. A LOT.

In seriousness (or about as serious as you can get on this forum), I would like to add the following to your list 

5) Leaving the board -- By this, I mean every time it's not your move xD 

6) Kicking people under the table -- Enough said.

I don't actually know the rules on adjusting pieces (other than having to first announce "j'adoube" or "I adjust" or "adjusting", or anything close ). If my opponent places his piece off-center, as long as I can tell which square it's supposed to be on, my brain mentally adjusts in my mind's eye.

I don't think someone can touch your pieces, but they can adjust theirs.....provided they say "adjust", or something similar

Oddly, I've seen GMs adjust opponent's pieces from time to time. Maybe I'll look up the USCF rules. (I don't much care what the FIDE rules say, lol.)

Anybody seen the YouTube video where Grandmaster Maurice Ashley plays a New York trash talker? At one point in the game, the hustler tries to switch a piece ala David Copperfield but Ashley catches him. Very amusing. :-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5vnpOp0U_g&frags=pl%2Cwn

"USCF Rule 10A - Adjustment of pieces. A player who is on the move and first expresses the intention to adjust (e.g., by saying j'adoube or I adjust) may adjust one or more pieces on their squares..."

This rule makes no distinction between your pieces and your opponent's pieces. I interpret this to mean that you are allowed to adjust your opponent's pieces. Also, USCF Rule 10C implies that it is allowed.

Please please please, next time you're at a tournament, film it for YouTube, and turn all your opponents knights ands bishops backwards to face them, saying J'Adoube. :-D

Well, in that case, my opponent could try invoking the "annoying behavior" rule, and I'm sure the TD (arbiter) would side with my opponent. :-D

"if you've ever seen the movie "Searching for Bobby Fischer",", just looked it up, thanks KukasKasha