injury

Has a chess player ever got injured like straining a muscle or anything?

got plenty of headaches for playing too long. ;-)

plus eye strain, tired.

Ye lol, I stretched out too far to take his queen and my arm fell off ;).

really!!

ye i did!

not u lol thcckingjon

Yh he did that was the same match that my arm fell off in ;)!

sure.....

;( soz! u wanna game luke?

nope thanks....cos i got quite a few games going and my rating is doing rubbish

unrated?

trying to concentrate on games which i should win

RSI or CTS are probably the most likely conditions arising from the modern mode of (electronic) play. Considering the traditional equipment only ... http://www.chess.com/forum/view/fun-with-chess/chess-injuries2

oh thanks

I once pulled a muscle while standing up to stretch (it was supposed to prevent pulling a muscle!).

WHEN I PUSH THE CHESSBOARD REALLY HARD(FOR CHEATING) AND GOT A MUSCLE STRAIN

lol

One trick that doesn't work well electronically is to have one or two surprisingly heavy (or light) pieces among the opponent's colour. You set up the board. If the piece is unusually light, the opponent may tumble (works better if you are both perched on stools); if the piece is heavy, he may get a slight cramp when he tries to lift the piece - or he may play an easier-to-lift piece. (p.s. I haven't checked whether this falls foul of FIDE rules.)

lol does it actually work

I've actually had a series of unfortunate events, my arms have fallen off reaching for the oppenents queen, my eyes have popped out studying a book too hard, when I rang the doctor he said "Don't move till I get there!" I pulled a muscle pushing the chessboard away coz my opponent cheated...