FIDE ruling
Behavioural norms of players in chess events
Having discussed several recent cases in different chess tournaments where the attitude of players toward their opponent or officials, journalists etc. was not acceptable under conventional social behaviour, the FIDE Presidential Board – at the suggestion of President Ilyumzhinov – decided on setting up strict rules regarding such behaviour.
Any player who does not shake hands with the opponent (or greets the opponent in a normal social manner in accordance with the conventional rules of their society) before the game starts in a FIDE tournament or during a FIDE match (and does not do it after being asked to do so by the arbiter) or deliberately insults his/her opponent or the officials of the event, will immediately and finally lose the relevant game.
Regarding a more comprehensive set of behavioural and ethical norms to be followed, FIDE Ethics Commission and the Arbiter’s Council are to elaborate guidelines for the players. The guidelines will be published on the FIDE website.
FIDE, as dumb as always, does not consider a hypothetical situation where either players does not want to be the first to offer his hand. If they must shake hands, the person offering their hand would not want to be viewed as tacitly accepting a psychological submissiveness to the other.
Danailov has theorized that this would happen in the Kramnik-Topalov game on Tuesday. I hope the camera gets a crisp and clear video of this one ;0)
Poor Nigel Short! If only his whining and foul-mouth matched the quality of his game. I thought I had seen and heard it all with his low-life nature until I found out he once boasted about sleeping with GM Tony Miles’ girlfriend in the poor guy’s obituary.
Who is FIDE? Isn’t USCF member of FIDE?
Anon 7.50: I guess you did not mean to praise the quality of Nigel Short’s play, but thank you that you did.
There’s a lot of cowardly and opportunistic sniping at Nigel Short. In the context of the current event, he has done nothing wrong.
“… conventional rules of their society” is ambiguous.
Hoffnung: “On entering a railway carriage, be sure to shake hands with all the passengers.”
Cheparinov’s ass is being kicked big time by Nigel.
Joyful.
“Anonymous said…
Cheparinov’s ass is being kicked big time by Nigel.
Joyful.”
Not surprising since Nigel swings that way. Offer him male ass and he is “Joful”.
“Anonymous said…
Cheparinov’s ass is being kicked big time by Nigel.
Joyful.”
Not surprising since Nigel swings that way. Offer him male ass and he is “Joyful”.
Damn Y key…
I’ve said it before on this blog before and I’ll say it again, however odious and up his own arse Short has been in the past, he has a point here. And he’s playing good chess.
It is just basic common sense.
Players should shake hands before a game and I hope this will be implemented at the next rules meeting.
Let’s not allow petty politics to continue in this proud game. After all, Short has never insulted Cheparinov. He did make allegations against Topalov and Danailov and consequently Danailov took the issue to the FIDE ethics committee. If you think you have been wronged, then that is how you deal with it – not by acting like a stupid little boy and refusing to shake hands.
Chep was testing the waters for Topalov refusing to shake hands. Topalov is already under some duress from fide.
Hopefully Topalov has his answer and let us see what he does. I would not be surprised if he does not shake hands but then waits for the arbitor to ask him to shake and then he will. It is all playing games by Danailov. Topalov will claim he followed the rules. I say immediate forfit as happened yesterday. First refusal to shake and you lose.
Can he avoid shaking hands if he arrives to the board late after the game has started. hand shake usually is before the clock starts and is sort of an agreement that you are ready to allow the clock to start.
Since chess is sort of a war game it is essential to shake hands to acknowledge that the game is not a real war buy only a symbolic fight. Without the handshake the fight is no longer symbolic.