If the player dies... it will lose on time :)
What happens if your opponent dies at the chessboard ?
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Aug 2, 2014
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#43
If your opponent dies at the table, you'll gain a point also all players scheduled to play with that dead person until the tournament ends due to that dead person's default in scheduled game. This way there will be no disruption in the tournament.
What if the player only fell into a coma where all bodily functions had ceased, then came out of it with one minute left on his clock and made a move. Meanwhile his opponent had already gone to Supermacs for a burger ?
Some answers made me smile.
consider it a full resignation
Game abandoned. *Dead guy* broke the fairplay policy and might be subject to account restrictions.
Aug 2, 2014
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#49
In an OTB tournament at UNB Fredericton, one of the players at a nearby table (NOT my opponent) had a heart attack right at the board. We stopped the clocks, called the emergency workers... and after they left with him, we started the clocks again.
He lost on time.
One of the top-ranked players said "He was losing anyway..."
Sheer cruelty.
Jimmykay wrote:
According to Fide rule 6.3.7, the game is declared a dead draw.
Wait, so if I'm playing with someone 900 points lower than me and they die it's a draw?
Depends if there is a god or not.
You give first aid to the guy while waiting for ambulance personnel to show up. Then you resign and withdraw from the tournament. Dan Zoler did it back in 2009 on his way to becoming a GM in 2011. http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=16377&kpage=1#reply2
heinzie wrote:
You give first aid to the guy while waiting for ambulance personnel to show up. Then you resign and withdraw from the tournament. Dan Zoler did it back in 2009 on his way to becoming a GM in 2011. http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=16377&kpage=1#reply2
Yes. I have already mentioned this sad incident a few posts ago. Nikos Karapanos (the deceased person) was a strong amateur player, and a likeable personality. It was a shock for many people in Greece when we got the sad news.
Aug 2, 2014
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#55
I think that's the way I'd like to "check" out.
Edit: I don't mean any offense to the families or loved ones of anyone who actually did pass away over the board.
pfren wrote:
heinzie wrote:
You give first aid to the guy while waiting for ambulance personnel to show up. Then you resign and withdraw from the tournament. Dan Zoler did it back in 2009 on his way to becoming a GM in 2011. http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=16377&kpage=1#reply2
Yes. I have already mentioned this sad incident a few posts ago. Nikos Karapanos (the deceased person) was a strong amateur player, and a likeable personality. It was a shock for many people in Greece when we got the sad news.
Oh, I went through all the pages, but thought everybody was making jokes
MrDamonSmith wrote:
Uh, dial 911?
Come on. Using your phone during a game is strictly forbidden.
Would you take the risk of a life-long FIDE ban just to avoid a few problems with your conscience and the cops?
Oh dear
kaynight wrote:
Claim a dead draw.
Someone beat ya to it. XD
The forums do make sense now!