Once while playing chess in a tournament I thought I saw the ghost of Bobby Fischer standing at the food table picking with dirty fingers through the bagels. I felt the need to rub my eyes and was immediately aware that it was no ghost, it was just an unkempt loathsome street bum whose appearance was similar to Bobby's in the final years and whose personal hygiene habits left a lot to be desired.
Have you ever had a paranormal experience while playing chess??
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Many many times. I started playing with a human and ended up playing against a machine :)))
People are still going to mock you, and to answer your question, no I have never had any paranormal experiences playing chess or anywhere else in my life. I don't believe in stuff like that, so until I do see something, I will always consider this kind of thing a hoax. I am not saying that they aren't real, I am just saying I personally don't believe in them.
April 1st is still over a month away! I'm sure we'll all have some tales to tell then! Or maybe this is more appropriate for Halloween than April's Fools?
I won once - it seemed pretty paranormal to me! 
Have had paranormal experiences but not in chess.
I can see the chess worlds equivelant of the national enquirer now....
"Alien elvis sacced my queen"
:)
I cant say I have experienced anything while playing chess, but have the odd tale here and there over the years, none of which I shall go into as I dont feel the need to try to convince anyone or defend my "stories" to skeptics,... in short... there are strange things in this world!
No, and neither have you.
As long as these orbs or phantoms don't kibitz, they can hang around all they want.
I had a paranormal experience during a chess game once. I predicted the future. I knew that my opponent would play 1. e4 lol
Mar 25, 2009
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Thats funny, when i was a kid like 6 or 7 me and my sister saw a glowing orb fly by outside the window ( im not joking ) you're right tho i never do talk about it lol and it had nothing to do with chess. The only reason i dont think its my imagination is because my sister still remembers it too
Yes, every time I blunder I have an Out of My Mind experience.
Mar 25, 2009
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I tried to play Geza Maroczy once, but his clock ran out. 
http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/medium-chess?quote_id=21377
I once saw a UFO with two beings in it, but I don't believe in flying saucers. I believe it was a Satanic vision. Why, to distract me from the truth.
"If it wasn't for you meddling kids, I woulda won the end game!" 
Everyone who's sighted flying glowing orbs, see here (bottom line: they're natural - although rare - atmospheric phenomena). If it happens to you, just don't touch them!
I once saw a pawn start moving around the board without anyone touching it. Then I realized my opponent had a magnet under the board and was enjoying my amazement.
One time while using a quija board (is that the correct spelling?). Regardless, one time, while using a quija board at a friend's house, a pack of five random dogs all showed up at his window. When we stood up from the board the dogs ran away. We were all quite curious about this coincidence. A few days later my friend found his cat torn to sheds; presumably by these same dogs. We never did see that pack again.
Supposedly, old wood can hold spirits. With that in mind, an old chess set could be a conduit for ghosts.
My oldest chess set was given to me by a local antique dealer ( I was briefly involved with a girl who knew her). It is a civil war era set made of some kind of bone (presumably camel). There have been no ill feelings with that one. The next oldest set I have was my father's and it is made of brass, my dad is still alive so nothing paranormal is happening with that one. All my other sets are plastic, except for a wooden one I purchased new from the House of Staunton, which I do love tremendously. So, perhaps if I play enough games with that set some part of me will be in it when my inevitable fate arrives (hopefully not for another 60 or so years.)
oh, all this reminds me... When I visited the oldest chess club in the U.S., located in San Francisco, I was hoping to have that kind of experience (not dogs eating cats), but that kind of paranormal feeling, but all I felt was great to be there.
Ok..this is most definitely enough on this subject.
kissinger wrote:
when i was about 9, i was playing chess and several bright glowing orbs flew by the board....my opponent and i both saw them...The house where the game took place had a history of hauntings, so i wasn't surprised. when people see UFO's, ghosts, poltergeists, etc they are often reluctant to talk about it, because of the fear of being mocked (the giggle factor)...i feel we can be honest here, so i wanted to get the question out....
when i was about 9, i was playing chess and several bright glowing orbs flew by the board....my opponent and i both saw them...The house where the game took place had a history of hauntings, so i wasn't surprised. when people see UFO's, ghosts, poltergeists, etc they are often reluctant to talk about it, because of the fear of being mocked (the giggle factor)...i feel we can be honest here, so i wanted to get the question out....