should body odour be against the rules???
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Dec 8, 2008
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maybe a 'sheep dip' on the entrance to the tournemant hall would suffice. all competitors have to be 'dunked' on their way in :-)
no doubt about it - unfair and uncool...shame these people don't have real friends who will tell them the smelly truth...
gumpty wrote:
who obviously was a 'soap dodger' .
:) Then maybe they could give everyone a tic tac.
Dec 8, 2008
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#5
hey ,this guy needed WAY more than a tic-tac mate, more like a good 'sand-blasting' :-)
If you find it an issue, you could always train by playing against the smelliest people you can find without dropping dead from air poisoning
Dec 8, 2008
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#7
hehe, yeah like put a week old salmonacross the board from me? or sit in a bucket of rotten fruit whilst surfing chess.com :-)
It's always a possibility and it may stop you losing (and destroy your sense of smell).
12.6 It is forbidden to distract or annoy the opponent in any manner whatsoever.
This rule is a bit misleading though because it doesn't seem to cover annoying moves. 
That's GENIUS! Well... not very nice... but... hehehe...
(That was just a joke. Please don't take it seriously. I bet without this, some would.)
Chess is based on concentration and thought.Anything that distracts one's attention is against the game,so send the soapless and smokers away.
Rule #57 : Upon entrance to any FIDE or USCF sponsored event, mandatory car washes will be required for all participants (cars prohibited)
i am only 14 and second hand smoke makes me go away automaticly. i just can't breath cigarette smoke - my eyes get red and i feel dizzy/not comfortable.
i'm impressed you could play under these conditions
There is no way i could concentrate with someone smoking in my face.
About people smelling bad - i think there should be a rule concerning it.
I mean, WHY NOT ? if you keep yourself clean and 'smellable' for other people(and yourself) there's no way you should have to stand someone else that smells bad.
it's a lack of respect.
What are the advantages of being dirty ?
There's NO reason to NOT wash yourself before going in a public event like a chess tournament.
Taking a shower takes less strategy and effort than a chess game.
i mean, come on.
Stay clean
Bring a can of disinfectant with you. Spray generously over the board and in the general area you are in. Bask in the cheers of the other players who wished they would have done the same.
Spray enough so that if the TD asks you not to do so anymore that it will no longer matter.
Dec 8, 2008
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#16
what about shaming your smelly opponent by donning a gasmask?? refuse to take it off until he goes and has a wash! (what a photo that would make lol )
Well, I'm more likely to have a can of lysol around somewhere than a gasmask. But I think if one was to wear the mask you would have to do real heavy breathing to really drive home that extra creepy part of it.
and bring a lightsaber
Funny thought.A mask!Why not offend the unwashed directly?
OK lets cut to the chase, some OTB tournemant players preparation for a competition doesnt include a shower, should this be banned? im sort of joking, but i must admit that over the past 25 yrs, i have been appalled at some of my opponents personal hygeine! i once had to play this guy, i wont name him , but he smelt so bad, i had to go for a stroll between moves! (unfair advantage?). Someone else i played had 'death breath' , he smelt like he had been eating garlic bread for a month before playing me, it actually really offputting, and i find it hard to concentrate when im not sure whether my opponent has BO or i have stood in something! (it always turns out to be the former). I played in another tourney once, where the whole playing area (a huge hall) smelt foul! i mean everyone was wondering where it was coming from! it was eventually narrowed down to one 15 yr olds armpits in the intermediate section, who obviously was a 'soap dodger' . my serious question here, is if your opponent smells bad, is this him breaching the rules of fair play? and if not , should a rule be put in place? i mean its just as offputting if not more so, than a mobile phone ringing, and that under fide rules gets you a lost game!