do you get disqualified when your handwatch make noise
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hahahsopfl wrote:
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If it makes noise, you must mean that it ticks too loud. I guess we would have to hear a recording of the watch. If it had elaborate chimes, it might be legitimately considered distracting.
If it was one of the new computer watches, and could show a game, that is also not allowed. It would probably be treated like bringing in a cell phone. I don't know the rules in Argentina but in a lot of places the threatened penalties are severe.
I would guess that most tournament directors would first ask you to put it away somewhere it could not bother your opponent.
If you refused, yes, you could be disqualified.
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I'm not fond with the rules but I think if your opponent thinks it is distracting he is the one who has to report it to the arbiter. If he doesn't he can't do so after the game. Not reporting = it doesn't bother me.
My opponent does.i mean I want to report(it makes noise)but im shy that other people watching just to report this kind of thing
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Don't be shy about it. If it makes noise and distracts you, ask your opponent to silence it. If he says no, then definitely report it to an arbiter.
I would not find it distracting, but I know other people might. It's probably best to simply not wear a hand watch during the match.
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Depend what noise it is making, I guess! If it's just a quick beep on the hour, ask your arbiter. If it is going to blast out The Final Countdown by Europe, probably best to report it 
I agree though, if it bothers you, ask your opponent to move it, or report it. Don't be shy, you're well within your rights to ask.
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verylate wrote:
I'm a strong believer in "no harm, no foul" If no one complains, it can't be very loud. But if someone is distracted by the ticking of a watch, distracted enough to complain about it, it must be one mother of a watch.
Does this seem like one of those "I can't believe anyone actually posted about that" issues? Well yes, but it does pertain to the larger, more relevent question of what constitutes distraction and what doesn't. I can remember being rather bothered by the music leaking out of my opponent's earphones during one tournament game. That's not why I lost the game, I lost because I made several positionally suspect decisions, and couldn't find the tactical resources to justify any of them, and because my opponent was more than equal to the task of winning a winnable game. But as the game wore on and my position got worse, I found that tiny bit of music just a bit, then more than a bit annoying. No doubt it was the pressure of the game. I didn't complain to the Tournament Director, but I did mention to my opponent afterward that it bothered me a bit. He was apologetic, said he had no idea the music could be heard by anyone but himself. He stopped wearing his earphones and played without the benefit of music the rest of the tournament. Probably unnescessarily, as I was the only one bothered by it, and only when I got a bad position.
I have a hard time believing that he was allowed to hear music at all. It's forbidden to carry eletronic devices during a chess game. I would have reported him directly not primarely because of the music although that is disrespectful to other players as well but because of breaking the rules.
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