On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 17:29:43 +0100, "Avanti"
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"Doctor Who" wrote in message
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Are you not allowed to eat food during a chess tournament game?

because I don't understand why Korchnoi complained about Karpov eating
yogurt during their match.

It is considered bad manners, and my opponent would not be allowed to eat at
my board.

Say that his hand is dripping with ketchup and mayo and he moves his
knight and your best shot is to capture it, but that means you have to
touch the damned thing and... How badly do you want to win, anyway?

Hehe I recently went to a Kids on Broadway production of Chess the musical
and they used the yogurt for a scene in which the american accuses the
russian of getting certain colored yogurt signals.

*curtsy*

Sara

"Avanti" wrote in message
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"Louis Blair" wrote in message
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Mike Nolan wrote:

Korchnoi objected to any signs that Karpov
was getting assistance

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It has been a long time since I read about
this, but, the way I remember it, the yogurt
protest was really a retaliation to some
protest from Karpov's camp that was considered
to be silly by Korchnoi. Does anyone else
remember reading this?

As I remember it was deemed that depending on the flavour of the yoghurt,
was in effect some code and a way of cheating.

Harold Buck wrote:

In article ,
David Richerby wrote:


Mike Nolan wrote:

(Doctor Who) writes:

I don't understand why Korchnoi complained about Karpov eating yogurt
during their match.

Korchnoi objected to any signs that Karpov was getting assistance
from the Ministry of Culture.

*Groan* I can see this pun getting milked for all it's worth.



This was a silly protest by Korchnoi's camp, who knew that Karpov was
the cream of the crop.

--Harold Buck



I dunno, could just be differences in cultures...



kelly
(curious to see how far this goes..)

kelly
(curious to see how far this goes..)



The part of the body where good bacteria go. The large bowl.

This reminds me of a game I played in Birmingham in the early 90's. I
showed up a few minutes late for the morning round on the 2nd or 3rd day of
the tournament. I was quite surprised to see that I was paired against
someone I had already played and he was sitting there ready to play me - and
it was the director!

Fortunately they managed to switch my opponent with the opponent of a friend
I was at the tournament with (we had showed up late after a trip to
McDonalds).

Not wanting to eat the board, I'd leave the game after each move to go eat a
little bit more of my breakfast in the other room - I figured that was more
polite than eating at the board. I was playing an Evan's Gambit which I had
memorized pretty well in those days. My opponent apparently got tired of me
leaving the board and complainted to me about it. I think I said something
like: "I don't have to stay at the board, but I do have to eat breakfast!".

---
Douglas L Stewart


"Doctor Who" wrote in message
om...
Are you not allowed to eat food during a chess tournament game?

because I don't understand why Korchnoi complained about Karpov eating
yogurt during their match.

thanks

Kelly wrote:
Harold Buck wrote:
David Richerby wrote:
Mike Nolan wrote:
Korchnoi objected to any signs that Karpov was getting assistance
from the Ministry of Culture.

*Groan* I can see this pun getting milked for all it's worth.

This was a silly protest by Korchnoi's camp, who knew that Karpov was
the cream of the crop.

I dunno, could just be differences in cultures...

*Bzzzt* Repetition!


Dave.

--
David Richerby Nuclear Hat (TM): it's like a hat
www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ that's made of atoms!

"Avanti" wrote in message ...
"Doctor Who" wrote in message
om...
Are you not allowed to eat food during a chess tournament game?

because I don't understand why Korchnoi complained about Karpov eating
yogurt during their match.

It is considered bad manners, and my opponent would not be allowed to eat at
my board.

I see. Would he be allowed to eat at HIS board?

Manners are different in different places. For instance, I was once
listening to Radio Exterior de Espana, and they explained that when
you bring your meal on a railroad train, you are SUPPOSED to offer to
share with others in the same compartment and they are SUPPOSED to
refuse with thanks.

When I attended a US Open in Boston, in my early twenties, I brought a
couple slices of bread and butter to eat each evening at 10, to keep
me going. I am sorry that "Doctor Who" (sorry they cancelled your TV
program) feels that this is bad manners, by himself and by no other
authorities whom he might care to identify, nor for any reason that
anyone might care to state.

David Ames

"David Richerby" wrote in message
...
Mike Nolan wrote:
(Doctor Who) writes:
I don't understand why Korchnoi complained about Karpov eating yogurt
during their match.

Korchnoi objected to any signs that Karpov was getting assistance
from the Ministry of Culture.

*Groan* I can see this pun getting milked for all it's worth.

A brief diversion from foodstuffs, but I just read something by Mark
Taimanov about Fischer in their famous match game. Taimanov said he got up
after his move and paced around on his side of the stage [as he usually did]
but Fischer made a complaint about it's distracting effect on his 'trance'
to the referree. Whispering in Taimanov's ear, the Ref said he couldn't
allow Fischer's complaint because it was Taimanov's right to pace his own
side of the stage. Taimanov suggested a compromise, he would no longer pace
if Fischer would stop beating a tattoo with his feet under the table. This
compromise was accepted.

No food was thrown!

However, 6 years ago at a scholastics event I had to admonish a young player
for throwing a knife across the table at his brother. The thrower defended
himself by stating that his brother was losing and could play much better if
he only woke up and took the game more seriously, therefore throwing the
knife "which wasn't even sharp" was in effect a benevolent act. His brother
loyaly supported this explanation, and said that he was trying to get the
game over quickly so that he could have lunch "and play better later."

With the wisdom of [a desperate] Solomon I chose not to notice that both
Kings were in check, and moved on to another board covered in some sticky
substance [spilt Coke] which was rising in the air with every piece move.

Phil

Dave.

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On 21 Apr 2004 09:19:50 -0700, Doctor Who wrote:
Are you not allowed to eat food during a chess tournament game?

because I don't understand why Korchnoi complained about Karpov eating
yogurt during their match.

The real issue is that the yoghurt was brought to Karpov when Karpov had not
requested any. Korchnoi said that was a sort of signal sent to Karpov.

In article ,
Robert Maxwell wrote:

On 21 Apr 2004 09:19:50 -0700, Doctor Who wrote:
Are you not allowed to eat food during a chess tournament game?

because I don't understand why Korchnoi complained about Karpov eating
yogurt during their match.

The real issue is that the yoghurt was brought to Karpov when Karpov had not
requested any. Korchnoi said that was a sort of signal sent to Karpov.


Because Karpov couldn't have told someone before the game "Bring me
yogurt at 12:30."

--Harold Buck


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and party every day.
Then it was every other day. . . ."
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