Wesley So resigned after 6 moves

From what I read So's teammates and coaches warned him long ago about this habit of his.

I think it's shameful to pretend he didn't know the rules.

you could be right.

So is going to have to bring back toiletgate and write on toilet paper from now on.

An other GM got busted in the loo just lately.

You need to write things down so you can remember them

It works even better when you have been looking for a fight. Someone smashes their fist in your face and you have a very good memory of it.

So's mother, some selected quotes:

"But the worst came late in January 2015 during Tata Steel Chess, when my husband got into a very serious accident. His life could have ended. But I did not tell Wesley because I did not want to disturb his tournament.

[Ed. note: We have photos of William So's injuries - around 30 stitches on the back of the head and down the spine, and bruises on the frontal lobe. The images are too disturbing for publishing.]

I waited until after the tournament. He did not offer to fly to Toronto to visit his father. He showed very little concern. He instead went with Lotis and her family to Manila. There was a big incident there which I just recently found out but that is for another day. All he could talk about is to take all the money which he asked us to keep for him under his name in Canada and transfer it to Minnesota. I could not freely talk to my son anymore."

"Clearly after the next day, he changed completely. I asked him after he won in round 2 if we can have 30 minutes with him because we are going home on Saturday.

He said he is busy, and said he sent me an email about bank info in Canada. I was calling him but ignored me. Lotis told him something like he needed to be back to his room, and they walked hurriedly, leaving us behind.

The next day, we were banned from the playing venue by Ms. Joy (St. Louis Chess Club) and Ms. Jean (USCF), as per instructed of Wes."

"For years, Wesley always entrusted his savings with his dad, which were all in Canadian bank, excluding his latest earnings starting winnings in Millionaire’s chess.

On April 7, 2015, I received an email saying, “Give me all my bank information, my savings, and all the investment that you made there.” I simply told him to come to Canada.

I then received 3 emails which are very disturbing. Wesley has never used this kind of language to me before.

What is even more disturbing is the last 2 emails came at the time when Wesley was still playing his games. This clearly shows that Lotis was purposely trying to drive a bigger wedge between my son and I.

[Ed.note: We have copies of the emails. The language is foul and insulting, with repeated usage of "f..k". Two emails are timestamped at 2:03 and 3:54pm (Saint Louis time) respectively.]"

"This pattern of what Wesley is facing now is similar to Bobby Fischer in Pasadena. We all know what happened to Bobby Fischer after Pasadena."

http://www.chessdom.com/eleanor-so-wesley-was-very-happy-to-see-us-in-st-louis/

And there was someone calling me a fruit basket for pointing out the Fischer connection.

Yeah big bad Akobian should've compromised his position on the appeals committee so his buddy could ignore the arbiter multiple times. Say hello to the bad guy... 

I have no clue how Akobian got onto the appeals committee in the first place. At least he had the sense to recuse himself. 

Meanwhile, the tournament ended on another bizarre note. Take a look at the finish of Sevian-Holt! 

The key part here is what the arbiter said in the warning ( Not sure if we will ever know his exact statement)

Wesley thought it was still okay to write ( Just not on the score sheet) so he wrote on the move sheet instead

Tony Rich thought he said that writing anywhere is against the rules.

The arbiter should have at least given so another chance or a lighter penalty because writing in the score sheet is not the exact same thing as writing in the move sheet.

Too bad Wesley's idea trying to be smart backfired on him.

Wesley has been warned numerous times, not just in this tournament, that note-taking is illegal. 

So agreed that he broke the rules. The penalty was extreme, and a different arbiter may have handled the matter differently. But the arbiter was correct to follow through on his previous threat to forfeit him. 

If anything, the arbiter shouldn't have made such a draconian threat in the first place.

please explain why note taking of any kind is a problem?if the guy is spending all his time taking notes and less time looking at the board then oh well

@matubadu1, because people could use themas a code to help them think and analyze. Also, when taking notes, no one knows what is being written. It will be a hassle for the TD and your opponent to make sure you're not writing anything chess related.

Another important fact is that Wesley accepted his loss. He just didn't want the game to be fide rated which is debatable. ( He lost in the appeals though)

Oh, and by the way, Nakamura won the tournament...Not that anyone cares.

Thank you will take a note on that.

A mental note, I'm sure.

Wesley was not clear on the fact that writing non chess nomenclature on a separate piece of paper was going to forfeit him AND, a different arbiter would've/could've taken, say, 15 minutes off his clock to show him how serious the problem was.  Rich strutted his stuff & it's all history, BUT it could've been handled differently and better.

All the bloke had to do was take So's pen away.