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This isn't an unpleasant story for me but somebody I knew briefly. At the 1992 or 93 World Open in Philadelphia I was just visiting & not playing. I hung out & partied with Bryon Nickoloff and Kevin Gentes (two very nice & cool guys) who were playing and the night before one of the middle rounds (I'm thinking in was mid tournament) we all drank a lot which caused major hangovers, especially for Bryon who likely drank more than Kevin & me. He fell asleep hard during his game the next morning. Completely, seemingly a deep sleep, right at the board with the clock going and all. I felt bad for him but I'm sure it would've been against rules to even try to wake him. I can't remember the name of his opponent but it was likely some GM (it was the open section) & he looked at Bryon & then up to me like "really? Is this really happening?" Bryon lost of course. His girlfriend was so mad she went back home to Canada (so I heard).
Anyway, just an interesting story from my past. Rest in peace Bryon.
B1ZMARK wrote:
We all have them. Sometimes I see people just really get frustrated when they lose, which is understandable.
Recently started otb again. In long time controls everyone’s usually pretty respectful.
1) I was just getting into D4 at this time, around February. I played against a 1900 rated older man who basically smacked my behind in the kings Indian defense, proceeded to miss about five forced checkmates, and went into an endgame a good piece up. But he was low on time and I was able to complicate things when the end result was I sacrificed my knight for his last pawn, when he only had two minor pieces and the game was agreed to a draw. He seemed visibly frustrated, muttering curses at himself for being so stupid. I kinda just sat there dumbfounded. I set up the pieces and left quickly.
2) This one and the next are otb blitz stories. I was paired against a 1900 regular rated guy. He was joking to his friend about how they would both beat all their opponents and face off in the last round. In our game he was in time trouble, 17 seconds on the clock. I checked him with my queen. He moved his king. I proceeded to take his bishop with my queen for free. He suddenly seemed to be full of rage and said “sh*t! Could have taken your queen!” Under his breath. Two moves later he dropped his queen and resigned. He slammed the clock and got up really quickly (there was a small crowd around us) and left all the while muttering “could have taken the queen.” I had to set up both sides of the board.
3) I was paired up with a 2000 regular rated guy in the same blitz portion. I accidentally transposes into a Catalan but somehow managed to get a raging checkmating attack on his king. After he lost he stood up abruptly, grabbed his bag, and did an about face and left immediately, leaving me holding his pieces with my arms extended like a dumba**. I had to set up both sides of the board again.
sigh.
I played in the big scholastic tournament in Gaylord Hotel in Dallas Texas during my 2018-2019 (fifth grade) school year during may.
I played this girl who was my age, maybe a bit older. This game was directly following talk with my coach where he said to me: "if you can take a lot of pieces, be a bully and take them all". My opponent made the mistake of letting me into the two back ranks (I was playing white) and I wiped out her queen, rooks, knights, and a bishop.
She was furious when the game result ended up 1-0. She called me a twit, and "lucky", (pretty cheap insults looking back on it.) And left without shaking my hand, forcing me to set up both sides and explain to my coach why I was stil in there after I was done.
Sorry for mistakes I don't currently have access to my computer and I'm on mobile.
Jul 8, 2021
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#107
Optimissed wrote:
What's the opposite of tilting? Wokeing?
Stabilization? I don’t know.
Jul 8, 2021
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#108
icyboyyy wrote:
improving
Tilt is temporary though. Like, you’re just playing below your actual strength for some reason.
Jul 8, 2021
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#109
icyboyyy wrote:
AunTheKnight wrote:
icyboyyy wrote:
improving
Tilt is temporary though. Like, you’re just playing below your actual strength for some reason.
consistency then?
I think “stabilization.” I guess consistency also works.
Jul 9, 2021
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#111
lol a 1900 stalemated me when i was 900, he raged so hard and threw my king at the wall which made a dent in it
it was funny though cuz he stalemated down 2 queens 2 knights and a rook
Jul 9, 2021
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#112
1c6O-1 wrote:
lol a 1900 stalemated me when i was 900, he raged so hard and threw my king at the wall which made a dent in it
it was funny though cuz he stalemated down 2 queens 2 knights and a rook
LOL
1c6O-1 wrote:
lol a 1900 stalemated me when i was 900, he raged so hard and threw my king at the wall which made a dent in it
it was funny though cuz he stalemated down 2 queens 2 knights and a rook
maybe they were going out of their mind
Jul 9, 2021
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#114
Many years ago, after playing interschool chess, I played in a local U16 tournament. Going into the final round, I only needed a draw to win it, while my opponent needed a win to overtake me and a draw to hold on to 2nd place. I got to a winning position in the end game, and he offered me a draw, saying that he really needed to finish 2nd and offering me money. I didn't take the money, but I did take the draw because I felt sorry for him and it didn't affect where I finished in the tournament. The guy who finished 3rd was super upset and complained to the TD, who looked at the position and I believe was tempted to penalise me for taking a draw in a winning position, but didn't take any action in the end. I only ever played in 2 more tournaments after that, did okay in the first but in the last one, the reserves section of the national juniors, was consistently smacked by pretty much all of my opponents who were much better prepared than I was. 'twas the last time I played chess until joining Chess.com more than 20 years later.
Jul 9, 2021
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#115
Caedrel wrote:
Many years ago, after playing interschool chess, I played in a local U16 tournament. Going into the final round, I only needed a draw to win it, while my opponent needed a win to overtake me and a draw to hold on to 2nd place. I got to a winning position in the end game, and he offered me a draw, saying that he really needed to finish 2nd and offering me money. I didn't take the money, but I did take the draw because I felt sorry for him and it didn't affect where I finished in the tournament. The guy who finished 3rd was super upset and complained to the TD, who looked at the position and I believe was tempted to penalise me for taking a draw in a winning position, but didn't take any action in the end. I only ever played in 2 more tournaments after that, did okay in the first but in the last one, the reserves section of the national juniors, was consistently smacked by pretty much all of my opponents who were much better prepared than I was. 'twas the last time I played chess until joining Chess.com more than 20 years later.
You may now know this or even realized it at the time but as long as you did not accept money what you did is completely legal and extremely common, although that decision is usually not made out of pity but rather to clinch a higher standing in the tournament. Perhaps it seems unethical to some, especially those who are left out of the money, but it is incumbent on them to have a better tournament performance.
Jul 9, 2021
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#116
MelvinGarvey wrote:
The funniest event in OTB tournament I experienced, is I played a famous (among them specialists of it) math genius, rated in the 2100 range.
He was a genius indeed: contemplating the winning position he had, he lost on time at the 37th move, totally forgetting about the clock.
When he died, many years later, it was in the big newspapers. (and this is how I discovered who he was btw...)
I once won against a master in an opposite colored bishops endgame in which he had the only winning chances (due to further advanced pawns) because he did not even know the time control!
Jul 9, 2021
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#117
I have witnessed a few doozers myself.
How about this one? I am at a tournament in North Carolina. A guy in his 60s from Virginia, literally every time he comes to a NC tournament, preaches his chess lessons, how he has done it for 40+ years and charges less. He is National Master strength, not IM or GM.
He is playing in the open section of an event where the Open Section is FIDE rated. FIDE rules apply. This clown, totally winning anyway, promotes his pawn to an upside down Rook. For those who do not know FIDE, a rook is a rook is a rook. Upside down or not. It is NOT a Queen.
He proceeds to make an illegal diagonal move with the "rook". His opponent called illegal move. In FIDE, you are still allowed 1 illegal move without forfeiting (2 minutes to the opponent).
He spent the next 2 to 3 minutes arguing with the director about how it cannot be anything but a Queen. He won anyway, but the jerk had to make a real scene about it.
Claims to teach chess, focused predominantly on adults, and he does not even know the FIDE rules about promotion? SMH!
Jul 9, 2021
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#118
I remember seeing a video about some large Canadian tournament (some championship I think) where the guy who won hid his opponent's queens and put them back when his opponent lost because his opponent used an upside down rook.
Jul 9, 2021
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#119
B1ZMARK wrote:
I remember seeing a video about some large Canadian tournament (some championship I think) where the guy who won hid his opponent's queens and put them back when his opponent lost because his opponent used an upside down rook.
I saw that as well xD
may I ask how do you use the bathroom in 30 seconds
I mean, luckily the bathroom was near somehow, and at the time I was the fastest kid in class, so I guess that's why...