camter wrote:
They will probably be let off with a warning the first time.
Lol
If somebody dies during a chess game, what happens?
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It would depend on what type of game it is.
If it was the World Championship and Magnus just so happened to keel over and die after playing Nd2, Karjakin would not instantly be crowned the new champion. The event would be cancelled and the #1 spot would go to the #2 player in the world which is Fabiano Caruana.
Karjakin is #9 in the world. He won the 2016 Candidates Tournament in Moscow when he defeated Caruana. It earned him the right to face Magnus for the title.
At any other tournament, I'm not exactly sure what would happen. They would probably cancel the game and find another person for you to play. In some situations, they may actually grant you the win. Not sure.
Nov 25, 2016
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{ 52ndStreet wrote:
No big deal, chess players don`t have a life anyway. }
Beat that!
Nov 25, 2016
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#25
https://www.google.es/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/sport/2014/aug/15/deaths-world-chess-olympiad-norway
If it is online and he times out.... They receive the warning from chess.com about violating fair play....
It depends upon the position....
(like everything else in chess)
Nov 26, 2016
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#28
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/16/chess-extreme-sport?0p19G=c
The author makes a case for chess being an extreme sport. However, what I get from this is that being overweight, stressed and unfit is unhealthy.
The author makes a case for chess being an extreme sport. However, what I get from this is that being overweight, stressed and unfit is unhealthy.
If playing daily online he or she will be sent the message, "Hurry, you are about to lose on time."
Nov 26, 2016
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blueemu hat geschrieben:
Happened to me.
Well... I wasn't the one who died. He was two boards down from me. Heart attack.
The Tournament Director's comment: "He was losing anyway".
That means dying is only a problem when you do it in a winning position? 
Nov 26, 2016
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#33
does being assimilated by the Borg count ?
well, there was this guy called Alekhine.
Dark_Army wrote:
It would depend on what type of game it is.
If it was the World Championship and Magnus just so happened to keel over and die after playing Nd2, Karjakin would not instantly be crowned the new champion. The event would be cancelled and the #1 spot would go to the #2 player in the world which is Fabiano Caruana.
Both Menchik and Alekhine died while champions. The result, in both cases, was interregnum.
So, if Karjakin dies now, Magnus remains champion till next championship. If Magnus dies - would there be an interregnum until new contestants could be chosen?
Supdok wrote:
lol. too true
if he dies during a chess.com game, the winner starts a thread complaining about people abandoning their games.
It happened in Holland some years ago. A club (8 against 8) player had a heart attack during a match with another club. An ambulance was called and all matches (not just his) were suspended from that point on. Clocks were stopped. After the ambulance left the teamplayers of the sick player were to upset to continue. (both club captains made this decision without a request from the other players). The situations on the boards were noted together with the times on the clocks and a letter was sent to the dutch chess association with the question how to proceed in the matter.
The dutch chess association decided that the match of the sick player was deemed lost as he would have been unable to move his pieces let alone get a point out of it. (the player past away a few days later still in hospital). The other matches were to be examined by a chess grandmaster to decide how the points were to be divided. I believe it was L'ami that was called to arbitrate the matches, but I am not sure.
All The lawyers and the ex- wives get everything. 
The game goes to purgatory.
I read that is an automatic draw.