I had an opponent announce mate in 6 once in an OTB tmt. I didn’t see it and asked to play it out. He got real snotty, called me a couple of names and fetched the TD who told him he wasn’t Morphy and he had to play it out. Every move he slammed the pieces down and hammered the clock (mine). As he delivered mate (in 6, of course) he called me an (expletive deleted) got up and stomped off.
Originally posted by masscatAnd they call chess a gentleman's game.
I had an opponent announce mate in 6 once in an OTB tmt. I didn’t see it and asked to play it out. He got real snotty, called me a couple of names and fetched the TD who told him he wasn’t Morphy and he had to play it out. Every move he slammed the pieces down and hammered the clock (mine). As he delivered mate (in 6, of course) he called me an (expletive deleted) got up and stomped off.
Here's a true story, guy was in a weekend tourny, last game late on Sunday he had a dead won position, but they reached the second time control and opponent was a jerk, sealed his move to resume the following Saturday, knowing that the guy was from out of town and had to drive a couple hours each way. Following Saturday he drives in, starts the clock, calls TD over because the opponent didn't show. TD opens the sealed move, which was: (drumroll) RESIGN.
Originally posted by bosintangWhy would you want to give your opponent the right to kick your nads 12 times because they failed to find the mate-in-12 they announced? 😛
I like this rule, but I propose a variation. If your opponent announces mate and can't produce it, you should get one free kick to the nads for every move he announced the mate in. So in this case, mate-in-12 means 12 kicks to the nads if he doesn't produce it. Time-outs can be claimed if your opponent doesn't recover.
Originally posted by masscatThis is what I absolutely love about chess players: the bad sportsmanship. I once had a girlfriend who was a black belt in Karate and she attempted to learn chess and started playing in OTB tournaments. She told me her experience was pretty disappointing because of the lack of sportsmanship and said nothing like what she experienced would ever occur in a Karate tournament because you'd get your head handed to you if you were that rude or disrespectful. I admit, I have "difficult" opponents and it takes all my will not to spout off and correct them of their ignorance of the rules or about their lack of sportsmanship, but at the end of the day, it's far more humiliating for them if you to just bite your tongue and then demolish them over the board. Or, if that's not an option in your current game, doubtless you will meet again, and you can exact your revenge then.
I had an opponent announce mate in 6 once in an OTB tmt. I didn’t see it and asked to play it out. He got real snotty, called me a couple of names and fetched the TD who told him he wasn’t Morphy and he had to play it out. Every move he slammed the pieces down and hammered the clock (mine). As he delivered mate (in 6, of course) he called me an (expletive deleted) got up and stomped off.
Originally posted by Sam The ShamThat's outrageous, but chess players can be a prickly lot -- still, for every sorry person like that, I've found at least two to balance the other side of the ledger.
And they call chess a gentleman's game.
Here's a true story, guy was in a weekend tourny, last game late on Sunday he had a dead won position, but they reached the second time control and opponent was a jerk, sealed his move to resume the following Saturday, knowing that the guy was from out of town and had to drive a couple hours each way. Following S ...[text shortened]... ver because the opponent didn't show. TD opens the sealed move, which was: (drumroll) RESIGN.
Originally posted by masscatIn my profession, we call people like that 'knobhead'
I had an opponent announce mate in 6 once in an OTB tmt. I didn’t see it and asked to play it out. He got real snotty, called me a couple of names and fetched the TD who told him he wasn’t Morphy and he had to play it out. Every move he slammed the pieces down and hammered the clock (mine). As he delivered mate (in 6, of course) he called me an (expletive deleted) got up and stomped off.
Originally posted by wormwoodOdds are that your opponent can unterstand it like arrogance and decide to run Fritz against you. It scares me a lot so I am trying to be as much polite as possible !
don't do it. the odds are your opponent will see that as an insult, and decide to drag the game for as long as possible.
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Originally posted by FabianFnasCorrect, it isn't done, unless you're a big brain GM giving a lesson or something. If I see a mate on the next move I might say "it's over" or "that's fatal", or "doo00OOOOD YUO ARE TEH SUUUUUUUCK" or something else as innocuous and polite.
I never announce mate, never. Isn't it just bragging? "I see the mate, you don't!"
If anyone announce a mate in five or something to me, I would be offended by it, I think it is very rude.