Chess club adviser’s head explodes, interrupting milestone match Longtime U chess club adviser Robert Johnson is in serious but stable condition after experiencing excitement-induced spontaneous combustion Saturday night.
Johnson was experiencing what doctors called “borderline mass hysteria” after grandmaster and former world champion Garry Kasparov agreed to play Utah’s Ivan Martynenko in a friendly match during the weekend. He reached a critical health state 45 minutes into the match.
“I just remember him using the Queens Gambit in order to counter Kasparov’s Nimzo-Indian defense,” Johnson said after a taxidermist pieced his head back together. “When Ivan put that son of a b**** in check, I began to feel dizzy, and then ‘bang!'”
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Hahahaha.
That doesn’t sounds serious. surely no laughing matter. I was thinking of organising a chess event, but i’m now seriously considering not doing so!!
Happens to me all the time…
“Anonymous said…
That doesn’t sounds serious. surely no laughing matter. I was thinking of organising a chess event, but i’m now seriously considering not doing so!!”
Bwah! hah! hah! hah!
Feel the power of the Polgar April Fools!
Fool.
i saw something similar to this on chessbase about garry and fischer and topy’s sac on f7 at wijk…fischer actually prepared the sac, and not chep! he even sent the mail 10 months after the tournament and more than a year after he died.Maybe today is news free day! whoever is behind these is very clever!!!
Oh, that hurt.
I wondered what Susan was gonna do for April Fool’s…
Very funny, Susan. Makes me wanna go read Bleak House…