Great! Good to know for my first time alone.
Not a violent person but to put in so much time to play and have it wasted in that manner is wack. Losing online in a matter i can easily move on.
Ok is the Arbiter and TD the same person in some of these tournaments? I hope not.
For USCF tournaments, typically yes.
When i first started playing we did not have this nonsense.
Maybe a players stepped on your foot during the entire a game maybe.
Think i have to bring some music with me before the tournament. And?
? Something to get the attention of the Arbiter quickly.
Great! Good to know for my first time alone.
Not a violent person but to put in so much time to play and have it wasted in that manner is wack. Losing online in a matter i can easily move on.
Ok is the Arbiter and TD the same person in some of these tournaments? I hope not.
in almost all cases yes. and sometimes the arbiter is also playing so you have to disturb him in his game if you want to consult him.
Yeah i read a that in another forum i was hoping it was a joke.
Like a bad dream to reality.
Ahhhh so if your playing the arbiter and you have a problem with that game then who do i disturb?
Fred G Sanford tactic.
The G stands for gotcha.
When i first started playing we did not have this nonsense.
Maybe a players stepped on your foot during the entire a game maybe.
Think i have to bring some music with me before the tournament. And?
? Something to get the attention of the Arbiter quickly.
I like to keep a flare gun in my bag. It doesn't have it's own pouch, unfortunately. There's two for the pieces, and one for the clock. It fits in, though. If I need the arbiter, I just fire that bad boy up at the ceiling, and it gets his attention really quick.
When i first started playing we did not have this nonsense.
Maybe a players stepped on your foot during the entire a game maybe.
Think i have to bring some music with me before the tournament. And?
? Something to get the attention of the Arbiter quickly.
I like to keep a flare gun in my bag. It doesn't have it's own pouch, unfortunately. There's two for the pieces, and one for the clock. It fits in, though. If I need the arbiter, I just fire that bad boy up at the ceiling, and it gets his attention really quick.
Yes, wonderful, but what if things are unclear and the arbiter's only recourse is to settle the dispute by having your opponent bring out his flare gun?
Is it just me or is the arbiter here kind of a dolt (don't be THAT guy).
don't suck your thumb and touch all the pieces.
Don't wipe your nose and touch the clock.
Don't cry when you lose.
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.
Don't be the guy who "adjusts" his opponents junk.
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.
Don't be the guy who "adjusts" his opponents junk.
Hey i saw this guy sneeze on the chess board.
Arbiter! he reponds yes and what do you want now.
I respond this guy sneezed on the chess board.
The Arbiter turn and says to his son- Did you sneeze on the chess board?
Things that make you go hmmm.
Don't be that guy who makes his move and then gets up and wanders around the playing hall EVERY TIME, as if paying attention to the game he's playing is beneath him--and so are you.
That's none of your concern. People of all rating levels often do this if anything to walk the nervous tension off. I did it myself in two different tournament games where I was winning, but getting extremely nervous while my opponent took several minutes to ponder the position. Getting up and walking around helped quite a bit to calm the nerves. Hell, even ALL of the top GMs do this, and it has nothing to do with being disinterested in the game.
Hey nothing wrong here. Just get up also and talk about what is his next best move and then tell him how you will respond. Sounds like fun.
Have you ever licked a piece before you lost it?
When you win your opponents queen do you say you love her?
Do you talk to your opponents pieces and say they going down hard?
Do you take your shoes off and scratch your feet and adjust your opponents pieces?
I've done most of the things mentioned in this thread one point or another during my chess career. Does this mean I'm 'that' guy?
lol yes
When you win your opponents queen do you say you love her?
Every time.
I've done most of the things mentioned in this thread one point or another during my chess career. Does this mean I'm 'that' guy?
lol yes
No your the guy that taught the guy.
When you win your opponents queen do you say you love her?
Every time.
Watch this guy at the breakfast table.
Just step away slowly from the Aunt Jemima Syrup.
Auntie Jemima taught me how to play chess - here is a photograph of us -
she weaned me off pancakes forever.
In such a situation, you hit the pause button and get the arbiter, that's what they are there for.