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Recently I had a thoroughly enjoyable discussion about tournament games which wound up in a humorous fashion. I thought of sharing some that stood out and ask which you find the most humorous? These are true stories of CFC rated regular games.
a) “Do you wish to resign?”
Two juniors were battling it out when one suddenly dropped his queen. His opponent stuck out his hand and asked “Do you wish to resign?” Incensed at the audacious offer the former played on until he was left with only his king and was mated.
b) “Actually I resigned!”
Two older gentlemen were engaged when one solemnly offered his hand. His opponent accepted the handshake, stopped the clock, and recorded a draw on the wallchart. At this point the other player came up and exclaimed “Actually I resigned!” And they scratched out the draw and recorded a win!
c) The Big Clean-up
A player on his way out of the tournament hall paused at a table where both players happened to be momentarily absent while their clock ticked on. He inexplicably stopped the clock and cleaned-up the pieces at which point the two players returned in disbelief! The TD was signalling that he would simply set the game back up according to the scoresheet, however, caught up in the moment one of the players began insisting on a draw. And to the eternal disbelief of all those now watching, amidst cries of “I claim a draw! I claim a draw!” the opponent agreed to a draw. And that was how the game ended.
d) “Checkmate OUCH!!!”
A crowd had gathered to watch the last game in a round. The TD was becoming impatient because it was getting close to the next round time and he wanted to get the pairings done. The tense struggle continued until dramatically one player allowed a back rank mate. The moment his opponent released his rook on the back rank to deliver mate the TD announced “Checkmate OUCH!!!” and was off to do the pairings.
e) You can’t take my King!
On a personal note the most humorous that happened to me is as follows: I failed to realize that an exchange of pawns in the centre had left my king exposed in check by the enemy bishop on the long diagonal. I made a move and then my opponent calmly slid his bishop across the board and removed my king! It was no use trying to convince my reticent opponent to give me back my king, so I went to the TD who ruled that I had made an illegal move, put my king back, and allowed me to make a legal move. So the game continued and I won, the only game I’ve ever won despite briefly losing my king!
a) “Do you wish to resign?”
Two juniors were battling it out when one suddenly dropped his queen. His opponent stuck out his hand and asked “Do you wish to resign?” Incensed at the audacious offer the former played on until he was left with only his king and was mated.
b) “Actually I resigned!”
Two older gentlemen were engaged when one solemnly offered his hand. His opponent accepted the handshake, stopped the clock, and recorded a draw on the wallchart. At this point the other player came up and exclaimed “Actually I resigned!” And they scratched out the draw and recorded a win!
c) The Big Clean-up
A player on his way out of the tournament hall paused at a table where both players happened to be momentarily absent while their clock ticked on. He inexplicably stopped the clock and cleaned-up the pieces at which point the two players returned in disbelief! The TD was signalling that he would simply set the game back up according to the scoresheet, however, caught up in the moment one of the players began insisting on a draw. And to the eternal disbelief of all those now watching, amidst cries of “I claim a draw! I claim a draw!” the opponent agreed to a draw. And that was how the game ended.
d) “Checkmate OUCH!!!”
A crowd had gathered to watch the last game in a round. The TD was becoming impatient because it was getting close to the next round time and he wanted to get the pairings done. The tense struggle continued until dramatically one player allowed a back rank mate. The moment his opponent released his rook on the back rank to deliver mate the TD announced “Checkmate OUCH!!!” and was off to do the pairings.
e) You can’t take my King!
On a personal note the most humorous that happened to me is as follows: I failed to realize that an exchange of pawns in the centre had left my king exposed in check by the enemy bishop on the long diagonal. I made a move and then my opponent calmly slid his bishop across the board and removed my king! It was no use trying to convince my reticent opponent to give me back my king, so I went to the TD who ruled that I had made an illegal move, put my king back, and allowed me to make a legal move. So the game continued and I won, the only game I’ve ever won despite briefly losing my king!
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