Many beginning chess books, especially ones aimed at young children,
almost make it sound as if the player is obligated to say "check".
Since the game otherwise passes with few words, many kids probably can't
resist the opportunity.

John



joe mccarron wrote:

For the second time I have been playing chess at my club and there is
a small boy who is playing someone else but keeps blurting "check!"
"Check!" over and over. The other small child that he was playing
would immediately move leadign to another "check!" This must have
gone on for about 3 minutes. That may not seem long and I really
can't explain why it annoys me so much but I find it very irritating.
One time he was sitting right next to me the other time he was accross
the room but could still clearly be heard. If asked to should (or
must) a TD tell the boy to stop announcing "Check!" even though I am
not his opponent and the opponent appearently doesn't care? What do
you think under USCF? Can a TD continue to let this go on? I'm
pretty sure under FIDE rules I can insist he stop.

Thanks

(Unknown Male) wrote in message ...
Maybe you ca ask some one to ask him to be a little quieter ??
You said he was a little kid so maybe he does not realize he is being
loud ?

Your probably right but it seems the rules allow this behavior and it
would be wrong for me to disturb his game. The rules that apply to
disturbign your oppponent may not apply because I was not his
opponent. I doubt his opponent cared as much as I did. The opponent
was shifting his pieces back and forth quickly while I was in a long
think. I think the TD will tell him not to do this but in fairness to
interupting him should be justified by a rule.

(Unknown Male) wrote in message ...
Maybe you ca ask some one to ask him to be a little quieter ??
You said he was a little kid so maybe he does not realize he is being
loud ?

Sure, and once I was playing in a tournament where someone was loudly
clacking his pieces together. He was college age, at least, and he
just couldn't help (the TD being absent) picking up those pieces again
and clacking them together.

David Ames

I usually only play games such as "crazy eights" where you get to say the name
of the game several times during the game.

Two excetions I make to this are chess and scrabble. I think that instead of
saying "check" players should say "chess" is they insist onsaying anything at
all. And in scrabble, players should say "scrabble" instead of that really
dumb game, "bingo".

Here's a question. Is bingo an art, a game, a sport, or a science?

Sure, and once I was playing in a tournament where someone was loudly
clacking his pieces together. He was college age, at least, and he
just couldn't help (the TD being absent) picking up those pieces again
and clacking them together.

David Ames

Did this player also jump up on the table and begin a Spanish dance and shout
ole
(or whatever it is Spanish dancers shout).

This is an easy problem to fix.

When the kids says "Check" throw a chess piece at him.

If he says "check" again throw another chess piece a him.

And so forth.

He will stop.

..

PJDBAD wrote:
Here's a question. Is bingo an art, a game, a sport, or a science?

No.


Dave.

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(PJDBAD) wrote in message ...
Sure, and once I was playing in a tournament where someone was loudly
clacking his pieces together. He was college age, at least, and he
just couldn't help (the TD being absent) picking up those pieces again
and clacking them together.

David Ames

Did this player also jump up on the table and begin a Spanish dance and shout
ole
(or whatever it is Spanish dancers shout).

No, there was a chess game in progress on the table.

David Ames

Bingo is a stuggle
Bingo is life
Bingo is a fighting game which is purely intellectual and excludes chance
Bingo is a test of wills
Bingo is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant bathe





"David Richerby" wrote in message
...
PJDBAD wrote:
Here's a question. Is bingo an art, a game, a sport, or a science?

No.


Dave.

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www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ like a fun child's toy but it's
just
like all the others and it wants
to
kill you!

If you think that's bad, I once announced a mate in six without realizing
that tradition had changed in the past 150 years or so.

That's what I get for reading "500 Master Games Of Chess."

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"joe mccarron" wrote in message
om...
For the second time I have been playing chess at my club and there is
a small boy who is playing someone else but keeps blurting "check!"
"Check!" over and over. The other small child that he was playing
would immediately move leadign to another "check!" This must have
gone on for about 3 minutes. That may not seem long and I really
can't explain why it annoys me so much but I find it very irritating.
One time he was sitting right next to me the other time he was accross
the room but could still clearly be heard. If asked to should (or
must) a TD tell the boy to stop announcing "Check!" even though I am
not his opponent and the opponent appearently doesn't care? What do
you think under USCF? Can a TD continue to let this go on? I'm
pretty sure under FIDE rules I can insist he stop.

Thanks