Dude! Like, that would be totally awesome!
Seriously, though, I wouldn't doubt this has happened.
Don't be THAT guy at the chess tournament
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AdamRinkleff wrote:
Dont be that guy who goes to the bathroom multiple times during the game, and hides in the stall with a handheld computer, and then refuses to show the computer to the tournament director, and then acts surprised and morally outraged when accussed of possibly cheating.
So... they aren't banned from tournament grounds. Yeah, like that isn't going to be open to all sorts of abuse *rolls eyes*.
Dec 30, 2012
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#44
Do not make snorting or other obnoxious noises in your oponnents time trouble. Don't remove any or your opponent's pieces when he or she is away from the board (Not referring to legal captures here but something more nefarious.)
Do not try and take back moves and scream out "J'adboube" ! Settle your 3rd fold repition arguement quietly with the arbiter, not loudly in the tournament. Don't attend the tournament if you have a cold and are coughing every 10 seconds.
Don't make endless draw offers in lost position once its already been refused.
The etiquette list is a lengthy one.
rooperi wrote:
Don't be the guy that bangs down a piece and screws it into the board.
That will only turn me into the guy that says "adjust", and unscrew it.
OMG I know this guy who slams pieces and I have to remind him to be gentle with the pieces! He really slams them and they're frequently on the edge of the board. During a blindfold game he even snuck a bishop to g1, and I asked the third friend to relay the piece placements and my reaction was, "But he took my knight on f6 with his bishop! How can there be two darksquared bishops!"
Also, yes, blindfold chess needs three people: the player (blindfolded), opponent, and guy who ensures you move your piece to the square you want and relays the opponent's moves.
AlCzervik wrote:
Dude! Like, that would be totally awesome!
Seriously, though, I wouldn't doubt this has happened.
Yah, it happened.
Dec 30, 2012
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#47
rooperi wrote:
Don't be the guy that bangs down a piece and screws it into the board.
That will only turn me into the guy that says "adjust", and unscrew it.
Why didn't I think of that? The next time one of my opponents utilizes the "Smyslov screw", I'll use your strategy. 
EscherehcsE wrote:
rooperi wrote:
Don't be the guy that bangs down a piece and screws it into the board.
That will only turn me into the guy that says "adjust", and unscrew it.
Why didn't I think of that? The next time one of my opponents utilizes the "Smyslov screw", I'll use your strategy.
I saw someone doing this at a tournament, and his OCD opponent got really angry, "STOP TOUCHING MY PIECES" and went to the TD about it.
Dec 30, 2012
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#49
it is easier said than done but Josh Waitzkin says we all have to accept that things will happen at tournaments that we cannot control a person cough. FYI to those who have never been at a tournament people will show up sick - therefore we should just try to accept instead of affecting our emotions.
a people kept coughing for about 20 minutes and was really hard to think.
linuxblue1 wrote:
SmyslovFan wrote:
Strong players don't say check against other strong players, regardless of the time control.
In fact, in Walter Browne's now defunct World Blitz Chess Association, taking the king was allowed.
That depends upon the kind of blitz rules that are being used. When I used to play blitz at chess clubs in the 1980's a missed check meant a loss. As did an illegal move.
It's the same concept. Taking the king is just for visual aid.
Really? Must've changed it since my day.
linlaoda wrote:
Don't be that guy who forgot to shower...
Oh, would that it were just one guy...
AndyClifton wrote:
Really? Must've changed it since my day.
You don't have to ask your opponent, but you can't do it on their move.
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4.2 Provided that he first expresses his intention (for example by saying „j’adoube“ or “I adjust”), the player having the move may adjust one or more pieces on their squares. |
You can change your own pieces though right?
Dec 30, 2012
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#55
I also don't recall ever hearing (until now) anything about asking an opponent to adjust. That would be a terrible rule, if you think about it. I don't want my opponent talking to me during the game, more or less.
Dec 30, 2012
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#56
Don't be that guy that gets upset by little distractions. Noise is a part of life, and the player that is better focused will prevail!
Don't be that guy who shouts (when you make a great move) "what a shot!"
I forget the details of the story, but one of the funnier chess anecdotes I was ever told invovled two players "adjusting" each other's knights throughout the game -- as they both had some obsessive compulsive demand that the knights face particular ways, so on each turn they'd readjust the knights on the board to fit their preference only to have it undone immediately after hitting the clock.
Don't be THAT guy at the OTB chess tournament...the only one left. 
Don't be that guy who smokes pot between every round and then somehow wins the state tournament.