should body odour be against the rules???

Well, you could very well put on a ridiculously large nose clip when this happens. First, you will not smell the guy, second, HE will be the one unable to concentrate! And as a bonus, he may very well understand the message!

If nose clips are illegal, well somebody's lobying body odor quite strongly!

With Lysol!

You're right. But it's easier to solve the problem.
That person is not aware that he/she has too much perfume.

it's not intentional(i think)

it is not 'really' a lack of respect- it's more of an ignorance problem.

Someone that do not take any showers(or bath,whatever)is a result of not caring about him/herself - and anyone that does not respect himself arbitary do not respect other people.

don't tell me you ignore you have to take a shower to stay clean, it's obvious.

they know it - but they don't care.

I wish I could smoke while I play, it really feels right to smoke and play chess.

With regards to body odour, bring a can of Axe and spray your oponent when the TD is occupied with some game on the other side of the hall :P

 *breathing heavy* "get rid of that smell you little punk, or I'll squeeze the life out of you" *continue breathing heavy...badly*

@ tonydal...so how do we defend ourselfs from these smelly peoples ?

never thought about this before

omg, something has to be done about this.

whats wrong with a little smell?

biological warfare is devious but effective.

Bonivink, I think it was, trained by playing against heavy smokers to deal with his smoke sensitivity. Not pleasant, but better than Nimzovitch's response when, faced with Lasker chewing on a large cigar (smoking was forbidden), called the tournament director and when told, "He isn't smoking", supposedly replied, "Ah, but he is threating to, and you know that Herr Lasker is well aware that the threat is greater than the exectution!"

Seriously, there isn't much that can be done, short of placing surveillence cameras in every participant's home a month in advance of the tournament. Trying to study with a can of rotting fish is probably the only real solution   

I'm glad I never had to consider such an ammendment. I guess I've been lucky.

That is one of the GREAT things about CHESS.COM- no odors except my own

Yes. Playing on chess.com frees me from any odor! (Except maybe my dogs having an " accident"  near my computer.)

I confess I've never had this problem.  I don't think it's unreasonable to complain to the tournament director since there's no reason not to be a socially acceptable level of clean -- and being so malodorous that you can smell someone strongly 4-6 feet away is way outside social norms.  Hopefully the issue (if not the air) would become clear before the round started.  I'd walk around and make sure I triangulated in on the smelly offender and it was indeed my opponent.  Then I'd sit down and say to the folks playing on the boards on either side, "Hey guys, is it just me, or does something realy stink around here?"  After an almost certainly awkward conversation (and hopefully with 4 allies on board), then I'd call the director... 

it is true that chess.com provides a really personal playing experience. You're alone in front of your screen and you can play against people all around the world.

I also found that people do not discuss a lot on internet games. Most of em turned chatt Off - I believe they do not understand/speak english.
(I'm sorry if mine looks weird by the way, i'm still in the process of learning it, my main language is french)

ANYWAY

i find myself losing / Blundering a lot on internet.

I'm way more confident about my moves when i can read on my opponet's body language. Just contemplating at the way he thinks tells me a lot about how stuck he is in the game.Even if i try to not mix psychology and chess togheter, body language tells a lot about the current situation in the game.

Play the sicky:

Act like you have a cold, keep tissue/handkerchief handy and have it smoothered in olbas oil... :)

You could always rub vics under your nose either.. though you may start crying mid game :)

This means you cann breathe through your nose cause if you try mouth you can taste it

Add a few snuffles and coughs in when they go to hit the clock and you're set

haha, but seriously the odour rule should be made!

lol

"WTF!"- B.F.