Update:
Before his game with Maxim Dlugy, Borislav was asked to let his footwear be examined.
Borislav refused claiming his socks were dirty.
The game was awarded a win to Dlugy.
Borislav turns up next round with new shoes (and clean socks.)
This is his last round game.
Borislav Ivanov (2324) - Vasil Vaklinov (2144)
Originally posted by greenpawn34I guess he didn't have any clean socks the day he was supposed to show up at the anti-cheating test 😉
Update:
Before his game with Maxim Dlugy, Borislav was asked to let his footwear be examined.
Borislav refused claiming his socks were dirty.
The game was awarded a win to Dlugy.
Borislav turns up next round with new shoes (and clean socks.)
This is his last round game.
Borislav Ivanov (2324) - Vasil Vaklinov (2144)
[pgn]1. d4 d6 2. ...[text shortened]... 3 Nxd5 45. Bf3 a5 46. a4 bxa4 47. bxa4 Nb6 48. Bd1 Kd5 49. Bf3+ Kd6 50. Bd1 {Draw agreed} [/pgn]
"...the elephant in the room with smelly socks." LOL!
From Dlugy's FB page today:
"Now that the tournament is over and the Chief Arbiter, Mitko Iliev, who was in a potential conflict between the sponsor and organizer of the event, who was interested in showing that Borislav Ivanov is a fair player (who's strength just happens to vary between 1900 and 2700 on a bad and good day), and the situation at hand is finished with his duties, I can finally congratulate him on standing his ground and interpreting the tournament regulations according to common sense, and not to a strange standard, which would prove nothing if a player can only be searched with a metal detector. The amount of action there was at the tournament hall before each round: where all the players were freed of their cell phones, all their metallic items looked at, jamming units placed on both sides of the playing hall, strict security guards overseeing that noone talked, absolutely no spectators in the playing room, immediate compulsory departure mandated to all players finishing their games. All of that action would simply be a noise screen in order the miss the elephant in the room with smelly socks. Mitko saw through that and when I demanded a search before the game, convinced the sponsor to go through with that, overcoming Borislav's anger and (according to one of the top players in the tournament, who understands some Bulgarian,) cursing. As Borislav realized he ll be searched unprepared, he placed his jacket away and authored the famous circus scoresheet.
Bravo Mitko!"
On 4 October 2013, Ivanov announced his retirement from competitive chess.[11] Ivanov's retirement came shortly after a controversial performance in a tournament, in which Ivanov, among other things, voluntarily forfeited his games after refusing to be searched for suspected cheating devices, was observed walking in a "gangsta" fashion with a limp, and referred to one of his opponents, Grandmaster Maxim Dlugy, as a "clown".[12]
Borislav is now endorsing Nike shoes....
"I never coulda done it without my Nikes."
Originally posted by robbie carrobiehttp://physics.ucsc.edu/people/eudaemons/layout.html
He or whoever wrote the article provides little details and its rather unrealistic that hes working the touchscreen on a smart phone with his toes. All the kids have blackberry's because they dont like texting on a touch phone, even with their fingers.
It wouldn't be that difficult to adapt this to input and receive chess moves.
Originally posted by ChessPraxisIt's quite possible the gadgetry was put in his trainers by an 8 year old Indonedian sweat shop worker as a prank and he didn't even know it was there. The vibrations were then received subliminally without his knowledge. Poor guy.
Borislav is now endorsing Nike shoes....
"I never coulda done it without my Nikes."
Originally posted by ChessPraxisAir Ivanovs. The first Nikes with functioning shoe lights. They glow when it's your turn to move! 😀On 4 October 2013, Ivanov announced his retirement from competitive chess.[11] Ivanov's retirement came shortly after a controversial performance in a tournament, in which Ivanov, among other things, voluntarily forfeited his games after refusing to be searched for suspected cheating devices, was observed walking in a "gangsta" fashion with a limp ...[text shortened]...
Borislav is now endorsing Nike shoes....
"I never coulda done it without my Nikes."
Originally posted by greenpawn34Don't you have to actually be playing chess in order to retire from it? Moving the pieces as you're told by a program isn't playing.
And Borislav has now retired from Chess.
http://www.chessbase.com/Home/TabId/211/PostId/4011410/ivanov-ends-his-chess-career-051013.aspx
Some of the comments at the bottom of the Chessbase article are worth reading.