bathroom chess
 

This probably isn't the right forum for this, but at least it's funny. The World Chess Championship is in serious danger of being cancelled mid-match due to conflicts over bathroom usage. (One player is using the private restroom "too much".)

http://beta.uschess.org/frontend/news_7_124.php


For those that don't know, the International Chess Federation is totally corrupt, so stuff like this isn't so unbelievable.

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This is pretty funny. It's pretty clear what the implication is. I wonder how far this will go.

-Diplomat

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OK, so the bathroom is the only area with no video surveillance. How might he be cheating at chess in there?

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This probably isn't the right forum for this, but at least it's funny. The World Chess Championship is in serious danger of being cancelled mid-match due to conflicts over bathroom usage. (One player is using the private restroom "too much".)

http://beta.uschess.org/frontend/news_7_124.php


For those that don't know, the International Chess Federation is totally corrupt, so stuff like this isn't so unbelievable.

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I'm sure you're familiar with the shenanigans that took place in the Karpov-Kasparov matches. The drugs, the different colored drinks, et cetera.

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OK, so the bathroom is the only area with no video surveillance. How might he be cheating at chess in there?

[/ QUOTE ]he could call a friend that has access to a computer program, or talk to a friend about strategy, anything like that where he'd have access to a computer or friends or friends with computers.

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I thought this thread would be about an exciting new business opportunity in which you were planning on installing networked chess gaming systems in bathrooms. People could decide on their moves and finish games naturally over the course of a couple weeks against opponents from around the world.

I was a little bit off in my guess.

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OK, so the bathroom is the only area with no video surveillance. How might he be cheating at chess in there?

[/ QUOTE ]he could call a friend that has access to a computer program, or talk to a friend about strategy, anything like that where he'd have access to a computer or friends or friends with computers.

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Security at the World Championship is tighter than that. Im sure both players are searched and that the bathroom is sweeped before each game.

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Do computer programs (other than those on supercomputers) beat top chess players these days?

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I thought it was going to be about friends leaving a chess board in the bathroom, making a move every time they use the toilet.

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I thought it was going to be about friends leaving a chess board in the bathroom, making a move every time they use the toilet.

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Me too. wouldn't be a bad idea.