What if you had to pick up a gold bar to find out your tournament pairing?
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Jan 18, 2017
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#1
They're pretty heavy.
Jan 18, 2017
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#3
I think it is worse having to swim in between hordes of patzers just to get to the pairings.
Jan 18, 2017
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#5
In Skellefteå, Sweden 1988 the tournament pairings were determined by the drawing of lots, with the lots on the bottom of a selection of gold bars, and the players were warned just beforehand that the bars were too heavy to be picked up with one hand.
England's Dr John Nunn tells the amusing story that Kasparov immediately saw this as a challenge to his masculinity even before the tournament had started and he began flexing his right hand, determined to draw his lot one-handed. He tried, but failed and had to use both hands. Lajos Portisch, despite being 60, was known to work out throughout his life, and he picked his bar up with one hand with no apparent strain.
England's Dr John Nunn tells the amusing story that Kasparov immediately saw this as a challenge to his masculinity even before the tournament had started and he began flexing his right hand, determined to draw his lot one-handed. He tried, but failed and had to use both hands. Lajos Portisch, despite being 60, was known to work out throughout his life, and he picked his bar up with one hand with no apparent strain.
Jan 18, 2017
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#7
I found it in 2 seconds.
What's wrong with you?
Are you slow or something?
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1015939
What's wrong with you?
Are you slow or something?
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1015939
Jan 18, 2017
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#8
You said 1988, anyways, thanks for the link, and for the attack too 
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Jan 19, 2017
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#10
A standard gold bar weighs about 27 pounds. Strange that Kasparov would have so much trouble with it.
