Chess Scotland
Juniors
designed by kids,
for kids!
Anecdotes
This
page is where all your funny stories and experiences go! All you have to do,
is have a funny experience and not be embarrassed about sending it to me! If I can do it so
can you (thanks to my mother!! )
Here are a couple that I already have.
Click here to read some
more very funny anecdotes sent in by Alex
McFarlane.
Click here for the
anecdote by Ian Marks.
Click here for the
anecdote by Geoff Chandler.
Arbiter Anecdotes (Sent in by
Donna!)
Hello
I have a couple of contributions I would
like you to put on the site!!
1. Many years ago in South Africa at the National
Championships I was manager of a provincial team. One of my U/10 players was involved
in a dispute with his opponent. The problem was the opponent had complained that my player
should make a 'touch move'. On questioning the player the arbiter was told that my player
was resting his nose on his king as he sat at the board!!! The opponent was claiming a 'touch
move' on that basis! The arbiter's decision was via a question "Does the
player normally move the pieces with his nose???"
The managers around the hall all had
a good giggle.
2. Another experience at South African Nationals was of a player
who was about to be mated next move, left the playing hall and went to the swimming
pool for an hour, leaving his opponent waiting at the board. After his swim he walked back into
the hall and resigned! Not to be tried, however, as the player ended up in a huge
disciplinary meeting!!!!
3. I was arbiter at a beginners tournament
and watched a player remove his king from the board and hide it under the
table before every move his opponent made. He did it quite secretively so that his opponent would not
notice, but eventually the inevitable happened and the opponent saw. I was called over and when I
questioned the little boy, his response was that he removed the king so that
it could not get mated!!! - bless!
4. I know a certain young lady, who
at the very commencement of her career, aged 5 years, was tricked out of a
win by a very unscrupulous opponent!! The nameless little girl had just won her much older opponent's
queen and obviously he was not too happy about it! A couple of moves later, the little
girl, knocked over some pieces by accident as she was about to make a move. After righting the pieces, her opponent
talked her into moving the first piece she had righted, claiming it as a
'touch move'. This resulted in the loss
of the queen and subsequently, the game! I wonder who the little girl could be??!!!
Donna Officer
Junior International Director for Chess Scotland
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