Chess Unification Bout Takes Nasty Turn

Associated Press (via Breitbart) ^ | Sep 29, 2006 | MIKHAIL SAVINOV

[Lunatic Fringe]

locked out of his private bathroom.

Huh???

[BenLurkin]

"...actually makes his most important decisions in the toilet..."

Chess is the greatest board game of the past, presnet and future.

It does,however, have a long history of peculiar champions.

[Lunatic Fringe]

"My dignity does not allow me to stand this situation,"

Throwing a hissy fit over a bathroom is his idea of "dignity".

[nonsporting]

They suspect Kramnick has a PC with a copy of Fritz hidden in a trash can?

Maybe he needs the quiet in order to channel with the spirits of Botvinnik, Keres, Petrosian, Tal, Alekhine, Capablanca and Lasker.

Maybe the resort cooking does not agree with him.

[raybbr]

......Topalev ------ vs. -------Kramnik......

[the_Watchman]

If the match were to continue, the World Champion would refrain from shaking hands with Mr. Kramnik before the games

If I thought a guy spent that much time in the head, I also would refuse to shake his hand! :)

[GSlob]

Well, have both players sitting on the porcelain thrones while playing. This would neatly solve the problem. An especially important or good move could even be accompanied by the sound of an extra flush.

[Loud Mime]

Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, of taking too many bathroom breaks _ an apparent suggestion that he was secretly using a technical device or a computer program to help him with his moves.

Drinking Al Gore's recipe of iced tea?

[djf]

I think to play good chess, ya gotta be a little twisted.

Having scruples hurts - not helps - a chess player.

[onedoug]

I've actually been able to beat my Fritz twice out of about a hundred games.

[Sawdring]

Apparently you haven't seen the board game on the Millenium Falcon in Star Wars. 3CP0 must have taken to many bathroom breaks for Chubacca.

[Triggerhippie]

Full contact chess is clearly the answer here. More fun to watch, takes less time, and the only breaks would be compound fractures!

[Bloodclot]

Politics has Watergate, CBS has Rathergate and the chess world has Toiletgate.

[killjoy]

It is interesting to see that the loser who used to be in the chess club in high school... just grow up to be bigger losers.... Thing either one of these guys will ever see a woman naked without having to first provide a credit card number?

[Slings and Arrows]

"The World Champion Veselin Topalov is outraged by the suspicious behavior of his opponent Vladimir Kramnik, who actually makes his most significant decisions in a toilet," Danailov said. "During every game, he visited the relaxation room 25 times on average and the bathroom more than 50 times."

Bring Deep Blue out of retirement. Computers don't take potty breaks - just the occassional core dump.

[LexBaird]

I thought that using a flush to win was for card games.

[dashing doofus]

Hey! I resemble that comment (somewhat above average chess player).
;-)

[TheConservator]

I used to be a master class chessplayer.

In the days before computers, I once had an opponent cheat by going up to his room in the hotel where the tournament was being held at the critical moment of the game in order to consult books. That kind of stuff happens.

It sure sounds to me like Kramnik is cheating.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

During every game, he visited the relaxation room 25 times on average and the bathroom more than 50 times