Originally posted by moonbus http://en.chessbase.com/post/should-one-wake-a-sleeping-che-player-
As a tournament director I was asked by someone if it was okay to wake their friend who had fallen asleep while playing a tournament game. I told them it was not. Fortunately the sleepyhead woke up before his time expired and it was a nonissue.
The polite response is to enter REM state as rapidly as possible and complete the game in dreamtime.
In an only slightly related question that relates to something that actually happened to me the other day, what is the appropriate action in polite society when someone playing you OTB accidentally moves four times during the opening two moves?
Originally posted by Amaurote The polite response is to enter REM state as rapidly as possible and complete the game in dreamtime.
In an only slightly related question that relates to something that actually happened to me the other day, what is the appropriate action in polite society when someone playing you OTB accidentally moves four times during the opening two moves?
Say something like: "I'm sorry I thought we'd agreed to play chess, can you explain the rules of the game we are actually playing?"
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 Qe7 6.Nf3 d6 {Seemingly losing a piece} 7.Qa4+ Nc6 8.d5 {The variation that wins the piece} exd5 9.cxd5 Qe4 {Wow! Bxc3+ wins the queen} 10.Nd2 Qxh4 11.dxc6 {White has two threats - cxb7+ OR a3, winning the pinned bishop} O-O 12.a3 Ng4 {f2 problems} 13.g3 Qf6 {hits f2 AND attacks c3 a second time} 14.axb4 {White grabs the poisoned loot} Qxf2+ 15.Kd1 b5 {Brilliant! Black would like to take one of the defenders away from the d1 square! If either piece captures, Ne3+ interpose at d1 with a white piece and black captures with mate - see the actual game} 16.Qb3 Be6 {taking the queen off of d1!} 17.Qa3 Ne3+ 18.Kc1 Qe1+ {This was the point of b5 and Be6, with only one piece to interpose, black simply captures it!} 19.Nd1 Qxd1#