I always shake hands in the chess club, every Friday night.
What if I refuse to handshake in an event?
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Chess should adopt MMA rules.
If you want to touch gloves before the bell rings, do it now and come out swinging. If not, not.
What us rednecks do down in the country is squeeze there hand really hard and don't let go, while smiling at them pleasantly.
Mazetoskylo wrote:
Any player who does not shake hands with the opponent (or greets the opponent in a normal social manner in accordance with the conventional rules of their society) before the game starts in a FIDE tournament or during a FIDE match (and does not do it after being asked to do so by the arbiter) or deliberately insults his/her opponent or the officials of the event, will immediately and finally lose the relevant game.
There's a whole industry doing the other way. Wrestling, WWE. Started back in the black-and-white TV days.
Botez took a page of our WWE and made chess "sport-entertainment."
You can't legislate behavior.
It's not real if you do it for the rule.
Somebody has to play the heel.
Ronda vs. Tate
wipe your nose and then handshake
The handshake is a symbol of respect to the game and if someone is not willing to shake hands based on nothing more than disliking the person then they deserve to be penalised. It shows disrespect to chess as much as it does to the opponent and it makes you look weak so is a bad idea strategically. Chess is like Poker and you can't give anything away.
Reanne Evans went way down in my estimation after her reaction to Mark Allen during a professional match. They were separated at the time and were going through child custody matters but that was no excuse for her attempt to embarrass Mark by ignoring his offer of a fist pump. She is the best female Snooker player in history with 12 world titles alone so for her to do that was incredibly petty and reflected badly on Snooker.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcbTWE8lD10
UndesiredMessyMoves wrote:
Not only should you shake hands, but the top 100 must submit a personal handshake to identify themselves like these kids.
What a novel way for the teacher to encourage creativity and individuality while simultaneously making roll call fun.
Feb 4, 2025
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long_quach wrote:
I always shake hands in the chess club, every Friday night.
same
Mazetoskylo wrote:
Optimissed wrote:
GMParanoid wrote:
What if I have a rival whom I don't really like much in real life and I don't want to make a handshake with him and I refuse the handshake. What can fide do to me? Will the ban me like they did to sergey? Can my opponent complain about it to arbiters?
Handshaking isn't part of chess rules imo. This came in around the last year I was playing tournament chess, less than 25 years ago. The T.D. was requesting everyone shake their opponents' hand. How completely childish and bad mannered!
I complied at the time. Perhaps I wouldn't now. Enforced politeness is false.
FIDE ruling
Behavioural norms of players in chess events
Having discussed several recent cases in different chess tournaments where the attitude of players toward their opponent or officials, journalists etc. was not acceptable under conventional social behaviour, the FIDE Presidential Board – at the suggestion of President Ilyumzhinov – decided on setting up strict rules regarding such behaviour.
Any player who does not shake hands with the opponent (or greets the opponent in a normal social manner in accordance with the conventional rules of their society) before the game starts in a FIDE tournament or during a FIDE match (and does not do it after being asked to do so by the arbiter) or deliberately insults his/her opponent or the officials of the event, will immediately and finally lose the relevant game.
Regarding a more comprehensive set of behavioural and ethical norms to be followed, FIDE Ethics Commission and the Arbiter’s Council are to elaborate guidelines for the players. The guidelines will be published on the FIDE website.
This ruling came out some 16 years ago, after an incident between Ivan Cheparinov and Nigel Short.
That ruling is wrong. There may be legitimate reasons why you dislike a person you are playing, so it's deliberately humiliating. It works both ways.
This evening I was playing a match at Nigel Short's original chess club which was actually set up for him in Atherton. I knew a lot of people who had played him many times. Was he well liked? That's a question .....
idk try it as a practical joke and post it on tiktok and claim to the organizers u were clipfarming. send me the link tho i wanna see it
Dec 29, 2025
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#57
Always be a good sport & shake hands. Don't take joke advice about wiping something on your hand 1st or gripping the opponent's hand real tight (if he knows to extend his first finger he'll never even feel the excess pressure). You don't have to like this player but if you like chess then shake hands. 🤝👍
you will die if you dont