Biters in chess?

Have chess players in competitions been known to bite other players or the equipment?

Yes.

Please provide more of the saliva-y details!

Where did you go for four months, toots?

On some nun assignment?

I thought of it because there was Mike Tyson biting, and later that one soccer player was biting! Yes, of course I was on nun assignment, right? I'm not a real nun, sorry.

I have never seen or heard of a biting episode, but I once saw a player rip a vinyl board in half in a fit of anger, which is not easy to do!  And I also once, regrettably, saw a player show up at a tournament with a gun and say "Game's over."

I think I grew up in a bad neighborhood.

I'll bite.

I saw a player grab the board and smack his opponent.

That's awesome!