" This is why I stopped playing over the board, and I don’t play in tournaments. In real life I refuse to shake hands. That is what contracts are for. "
Thank you for making tournaments more pleasant with your absence
Handshake before the game
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@Dale: From the Code of Ethics:
| 2.2.4 |
Failure to comply with normally accepted standards of courtesy and chess etiquette. Misbehavior of a personal nature which is generally unacceptable by normal social standards. |
I'd say that's arguable.
The arbiter did initially but based on the extremely popular fantasy that it was a rule.
It was hence corrected later upon appeal.
The handshaking rule doesn't actually exist it was only a proposal and it never became a rule even in the infamous short case it was only a proposal then not a rule.
Really? I thought it became a rule in FIDE. In the Short game I thought the arbiter forfeited his opponent... or at least did initially (IIRC they played and Short won anyway).