11 Sep 08
David Tebb is playing in this tournament:
http://www.liverpoolchessinternational.co.uk/crosstable.htm
He's played Grandmasters in the first two rounds, and even managed to draw the first game!
I spotted one other RHPer in the crosstable, but he prefers to stay anonymous.
Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant beat up Nigel Short in round 2. Maybe she could have won the British Championships after all...
11 Sep 08
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Originally posted by greenpawn34Stories about mobile phones going off in unusual circumstances are already circulating. My favourite is one about a team captain who was worried that one of his players hadn't arrived so he went outside to call him to see where he was, only to be told that the said player had just arrived via a different door and the captain's call had cost him the game!
I wonder who called?
Perhaps a friend telling him to turn off his mobile.
Keiran Smallbone lost in the last round of the Kidlington Congress last year (? maybe the year before) when his girlfriend called him to see how he was getting on.
I was the captain of a team where one of my player's opponent's phone went off. He claimed the game but the league secretary decided to award him half a point and his opponent no points!
http://www.oxfordfusion.com/oca/ViewResult.cfm?LeagueID=41&Display=1040
And here is a great one from Sean Terry of Oxford City Club from his Disinformator magazine, featuring local legend Kelly Riley (a man who was once arrested for being drunk in charge of a horse):
An ordinary night at the club. Wantage are playing City 3, and Kelly is on board 2 against Clive Walley. Univ 2 are playing City 2 on the other side of the room.
Kelly gets up from the table and heads to the door. His mobile phone goes off. Disconcerted, he hops to the other side of the door.
A moment’s silence; and his phone rings again. In rushes Kelly, to collect the phone… which has been in the coat jacket on his chair all the time.
The audience collapses.
11 Sep 08
There were three well known cases in Scotland last season.
One was actually his girlfriend calling to wish him good luck.
A spectator's mobile went off in the Edinburgh Congress.
Controllers appeared from everywhere trying to find the player.
I wonder. Can a player refuse to be awarded the game and carry on
playing or must he accept the win?
11 Sep 08
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Originally posted by greenpawn34According to the FIDE rules, the arbiter/controller is the person who decides on the outcome of the game. The person whose phone went off will get zero points, but the other player may get zero, half or a full point at the discretion of the arbiter.
I wonder. Can a player refuse to be awarded the game and carry on
playing or must he accept the win?
11 Sep 08
Originally posted by greenpawn34In a tournament I played in a little over a year ago Grandmaster Sam Palatnik lost to a national master because his phone went off. The rule was that if your phone went off, you lose 10 minutes from the clock. And he had 7 left before the call.
Did Keti not win because Nigel's mobile went off?
Strong rumour about this on another site.
11 Sep 08
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Originally posted by greenpawn34In Riga Open 2008 there was case when player`s mobile ringed but opponent wanted to play and arbiter agreed to continue game.
There were three well known cases in Scotland last season.
One was actually his girlfriend calling to wish him good luck.
A spectator's mobile went off in the Edinburgh Congress.
Controllers appeared from everywhere trying to find the player.
I wonder. Can a player refuse to be awarded the game and carry on
playing or must he accept the win?
11 Sep 08
Originally posted by chesskid001Ouch, the rules across the pond are tough. The rule at most of the big tourneys here is:
In a tournament I played in a little over a year ago Grandmaster Sam Palatnik lost to a national master because his phone went off. The rule was that if your phone went off, you lose 10 minutes from the clock. And he had 7 left before the call.
35. Cellphones are prohibited in the tournament room. If your cellphone rings in the tournament room during play, you lose 10 minutes or half your remaining time, whichever is less. For a second offense in the same tournament, you forfeit your game.
11 Sep 08
Originally posted by KatastroofYou just forget; you have other things on your mind at a tourney. I always carry my cell with me (that is what it's for) and have sometimes forgot to turn it off during an OTB game (generally though the TD gives a little speech reminding you before you start the clocks). Fortunately, it has never rang on those occasions.
It's not that difficult to turn off a cellphone.Are people so addicted to their little toy they can't do without it for a few hours?