The same thing that happens when there's an earthquake during any other time.
Just a thought 
What happens if there's an earthquake during a tournament?
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but.......... do they continue afterwards? XD
true..........
Jan 8, 2020
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I was at a tournament where one player had a medical emergency. Everyone stopped playing out of respect. A few players called an ambulance, a few tried to make the guy more comfortable. After about 30 minutes people resumed playing.
what happened to the guy?
Jan 8, 2020
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#8
He survived and was fine afterwards 
I don't know if he played in any tournaments after that though.
like, what caused him to get ill/injured?
Jan 8, 2020
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#10
I feel bad giving details because it wasn't a pleasant experience for the guy. I don't want to turn it into some kind of entertaining story
Oh, but yeah, he was ill. It's not like he was attacked.
poor dude.
Jan 8, 2020
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#12
Yeah that's sad lets change the subject
There was a funny story about a tournament that lost power, so the room goes completely dark. Most of the people stop playing, but the guy who is telling the story, he's sitting there and he realizes his opponent hasn't moved, hasn't stopped the clock... he realizes his opponent is still thinking.
A few moments later his opponent lights a match, and with the few seconds of light studies the board. It goes out and he keeps thinking
(they were master level players, so blindfold calculation wouldn't be hard)
lol
i feel like your answers are so in-depth and mine are like, one-word responses........oh well
llamonade2 wrote:
I was at a tournament where one player had a medical emergency. Everyone stopped playing out of respect. A few players called an ambulance, a few tried to make the guy more comfortable. After about 30 minutes people resumed playing.
I played in the British championships a couple of years ago in the Major event in Torquay. One fellow in the Veterans event collapsed and required paramedics. The arbiters said everyone could take a break, but my opponent and me carried on.
Bill Shankley once said Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I don't like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that.
I feel the same way about chess. if I can'd die "on the job", I'll take chess as the way to go... :-)
....
The Torquay story has a happy ending as I won my game - and the fellow who had a heart attack or something incidentally recovered...
same.......... for better or worse
Jan 8, 2020
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#17
checkmateohwait wrote:
i feel like your answers are so in-depth and mine are like, one-word responses........oh well
Haha that's fine. Sure some people annoy me because of that, but your short replies are actually having a conversation.
My teachers always told me, "your answers are so short. Can you elaborate?" And I have forever been conscious of it............ darn you, Mrs. Jenn and your minus half points for "short answers"!
XD
Jan 8, 2020
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#19
llamonade2 wrote:
The same thing that happens when there's an earthquake during any other time.
Just a thought
hah! just what the bunny was thinking!
lol just a thought