10 Things You Should NEVER Do In Chess Tournaments
These are 10 things you should avoid doing at chess tournaments!! Hope this inspires you to play more tournaments 🙂 let me know in the comments any other points you think I should add to this list!
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00:00-1:39 Know the basics
1:39-4:26 Don’t distract
4:26-5:16 Don’t talk to friends
5:16-6:28 Don’t stand up on your turn
6:28-7:47 Don’t offer too many draws
7:47-8:40 Poker face
8:40-10:12 Touch move
10:12-11:07 Illegal moves
11:07-11:57 Bonus Point
11:57-12:50 Always shake hands
12:50-14:00 Check tournament rules
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Touch-move 8:40 … the touched piece must have a legal move! What happens if the touched piece has no legal move(s)?
When it comes to the bonus point it’s the opposite for me in my school, if I don’t call out a check my friends will almost always just ignore it lol
Interesting. It wouldn't cross my mind that body-oder is an issue.
Touch-Move Rule exception: 'Adjusting a piece's position on a square.' You are permitted to adjust a piece if you want to reposition it on its square. For example, you may like the knights facing a certain direction or perhaps a piece is so far off-centre that it's encroaching on an adjacent square.
This is the exception to the rule: (1) You may adjust such a piece; (2) You may only do this at the start of your move (after your opponent has moved and pressed the clock); (3) IMPORTANT: You must say out loud "I adjust", or in some locales the French "J'adoube", and only then adjust the piece.
This exception is crucial to remember during time scrambles!
One thing to keep in mind about this: If your opponent likes their knights facing forward and you like knights facing to the side, do NOT adjust your opponent's knights! This is poor etiquette. However, if they place their pieces off-centre, it's perfectly okay to adjust their pieces. If they do it on purpose, however, seemingly to annoy, then it might be a matter to raise with the TD or arbiter.
12:43 : We can feel that it makes Anna uncomfortable to spill the pieces… even for the video. 🙂 so cute
Sooo pretty…
Hi, nice Video, but: Corona is not out of the World and Shake Hands is…LG Feder
2:00 meanwhile magnus getting crazy during tournaments
P.S. love your enthusiasm.
As a non chess player I loved hearing about the etiquette of chess. Thanks Chess Princess.
first over the board game, my opponent had his mom coming by in the middle of the game and she gave him hints or rather stopped him from a bad move….it felt really wrong, but I just was a kid and didn´t dare to speak up and lost the game.
How about a game of chess?
Re touch moves: What happens if you touch an own piece that cannot move? Or if you touch an opponent's piece that cannot be captured?
The transition to hygiene products was priceless.
Seriously though, this is a great video for beginners. Thank you!
Me coming back from my first ever chess tournament where I ate a chicken soup on the board, insulted every move of my opponent, and farted every 10 minutes: "Damned, I wish I had watched this video before"
I am always a bit scared to go to my first on the board tourment, because of not seeing when my king is in check and then making an illegal move. You explained you lose on 2 illegal moves, but what happens on the first one? Did you just play another move?
What is the etiquette around "adjusting" crooked/misaligned pieces – noting the touch move rule?
"Don't be a person to ask how to do it" – well… sorry Anna, but you turned out to be typical stupid youtuber.
Very interesting and informative video. The idea of writing down every move is a little intimidating .. a video on doing just that would be helpful too. You obviously know each square instantly at a glance.. wow. Thanks Anna.
Played in a chess tournament in 1989 where in the final round my opponent resigned by throwing the pieces all over the place, then got up and peed on the floor. The same person also had the habit of saying , " CHECK " really loud where everyone in the tournament hall could hear him.
Bro got red fingers because shes cold. Point 11: dont shake your opponents hand when you have cold hands😂
Anna do you give Chess lessons?
What if I put someone in check, say nothing, and my opponent doesn’t realize the check and makes another move? What do I do then?
Point 11, please, how to handle the pieces without knocking the others, and when capturing, what is the habit, take opponent's first or ours ?
2:04 i cant yell "oh no my queen"?????
Actually very useful
When I was taught the best game in the world, about 55 years ago, I was taught to announce it when you put your opponent in check. One of the adults at the first chess club I joined would correct me if I didn't do it. Almost berate me, when I think back on it. "What's wrong with you? Can't you remember to say check?" I'm not sure why, but that's what we were taught. When you learn something like this at a young age, it becomes more of a habit, than a conscious thought. I would never do it to insult my opponent. So maybe it's the same for others. The point is, maybe give some of us old people a break if we do it.
TBH they probably did shower, then the filth in their bodies starts coming out, esp when nervous
So, Anna, to become a chess master, it helps if you are a really sweet smeller, a scenteriser of renown, or even an odouriser of delight. If not, you might be a great chess player who has a whiffy reputation and no one will want to play with you, so you will never become grand or play in really hot places.. Aura sniffers unite, this smellivsion video had me in stitches Anna, and I could almost taste something within the air around me by the time it came to an end.
Does falling asleep fall under the "don't distract" rule? I heard that happens sometimes …
The stinky opponent thing is sadly true.
Yes, definitely don't say check, that is insulting to your opponent, however you are allowed to say ch-eeeeeeeeeeey-eck-eroony if its an extremely cunning combination.
i think some card tournaments have made it an actual tournament rule that you cant smell bad because people were using it as a "strategy". sends a shiver down my spine to think of that entering other competitive tournaments
It's not only bad hygiene that makes somebody smell badly. I've had opponents that stank of booze and heavy tobacco, especially when I played at my club or a small local tournament. It's just a small tournament so people were drinking and going for smoke breaks. Absolutely disgusting, and very distracting if you sit across it and try to think. Those were usually also the players that complained about me leaving the board when it wasn't my move. Needless to say it isn't the best idea to drink alcohol during a tournament. It will impact your calculations.
I feel like this whole video was an excuse just to call out someone who smelled bad after she had to endure the smell for hours
Here's another tip regarding illegal moves, and trust me…….i've learned this one the hard way. When castling, ALWAYS touch the King first!!! In the past, it happened to me I wanted to castle, but I grabbed the Rook first thinking it doesn't really matter. Well it did, instead of castling, I had to make a Rook move and ended up losing that game a few moves later. You guys can imagine, I was not amused. So when castling **ALWAYS KING FIRST**
BUT it is ok being new at something.
Have any of you ever experienced an opponent who farted during the tournament? Kinda annoying…. What is the etiquette in these situations? Do you wave the smell away, which might embarrass your opponent, or do you keep a poker face and pretend nothing happened?
There was only one time, in one game, amongst I don't know how many tournaments (it's a high number), not including the Covid tournaments (there was different protocol for those), when I did not shake my opponent's hand. My opponent, a kid, moved around a crazy amount during the game and was REALLY distracting. I talked to him, I got the TD involved… I don't remember anything working. I lost that game in large part to his behavior. I was so mad about losing the game because of his antics that I did not shake his hand. I don't know that I regret the decision. If he's not old enough to SOMEWHAT keep the movement to a minimum, he shouldn't be playing in tournaments. But in general, I agree with these things. I will say this though- if you really have a higher rated player on the ropes and you are afraid you'll blow it, I don't think it's NECESSARILY rude to offer a draw, though it may obviously be a mistake. I will say though, one time I had a superior position against a higher rated player and he offered me a draw and it made me mad, and he didn't like how I responded to his draw offer so much he played the game out until I mated him. He was a friend though. LOL
Yesterday. I checkmated somone within 20 seconds play of me
I play usually at 5 minutes games
I finish the game and then go to toilet
Presumably, if you think your opponent has made an illegal move, you stop the clock (how?) & call the director?
If you notice a move or two later that YOU made an illegal move (didn't notice you were in check?); are you supposed to call out yourself?
There used to be a rule that if you ask for a draw and are refused then you cannot ask again during that game unless the opponent asks first. I don't know when they removed the rule officially, but other than extreme circumstances it still is a good idea.
thanks, Anna!
1:10 Thank you for addressing some of these issues! A few further questions:
How is it decided whether the clock goes by the a-file or the h-file? (As a leftie, I'd rather have my score-sheet to my left and the clock to my right.)
How would a visually-impaired player get large-format score-sheets acceptable to the TD?
I find the touch piece and not saying check a bit annoying. Okay not much with the latter as that's gonna be my fault, but come on, I had an experience where I was hovering my hand over a piece (Not making contact with it) and my opponent accused me of touch piece. :/
And, in more competitive tourneys with lot's of players, distraction is a common thing. Let's say my opponent hovers his knight on the e4 square but then suddenly moves to c4. That just ruins my concentration personally…
Yes, these all experiences are legit, and I even lost a game by illegal moves which I was wrongly-accused of. (If I would've challenged the decision, according to the rules I had to pay a huge bit of money to do so.. :c )
Anyway, great video Anna! Good luck to anyone reading this comment for their future tourneys.
Next month I'm gonna play in my first chess tournament. How did you know? 😂😂
Hey ana, what happens if my opponents king got checked, but he didn't saw it and did an illegal move instead of taking the king out of harms way?
Point 8 at 12:01 is marked up as 9….testing us.
Love the video, am enjoying chess again cos of your videos.
I stopped playing for over 30 years.