here is one possibility: Karpov and Kasparov were playing a match. Karpov went to the window and saw a dog. Who's is it,he asked. Draw said kasparov. Accepted! (Karpov). The joke here is that in russian, draw is nichia, or nobody's.
What is you favorite chess anecdote?
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26 July 1976
Karpov meets with Fischer in Tokyo at 7 pm local time.
Simultaneously, at 10 am in the Netherlands, Korchnoi defects.
Both reports reach Moscow at the same time.
Panic ensues.
What is your favorite chess anecdote?