When did chess become a full contact sport?
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Topic: When did chess become a full contact sport?
Posted By: JD
Subject: When did chess become a full contact sport?
Date Posted: July 25 2022 at 17:15
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Posted By: Hugh Manatee
Date Posted: July 25 2022 at 18:01
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That kid shook it off and kept playing. Chess players are built tough. ------------- I should have been a pair of ragged claws Scuttling across the floors of uncertain seas |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: July 26 2022 at 02:52
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If I remember right Nimzowitsch once threw a bishop at an opponent. -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: August 18 2022 at 15:49
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I played a bit through my high school days, but certainly don't know all the rules. So what is, and/or is not, allowed in the context of distracting your opponent during a game. clearly touching pieces is out of the question, what about the board it self? could you drum your fingers on the edge in front of you? Can you scream, sing, belch or juggle your opponent into submission? ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 18 2022 at 17:14
It's not as impressive as it may sound. That Bishop was Pontian the Puny. He was slight enough that the impact barely even distracted Nimzowitsch's adversary. Now if he had thrown a much more sizable Bishop like Ambrose the Obese at the opponent, then it would be more likely that they would have been playing Squash. |
BaldFriede wrote:Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: August 18 2022 at 20:22
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I doubt the robot grabbed the kid due to impatience... ...more like the Rise of the Machines has started ! ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 21 2022 at 03:36
Touching pieces is not disallowed actually (as long as you say 'J'adoube' before) but anything that generates noise is never tolerated.
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