Caption Contest Thread

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Caption Contest Thread

Post by Joshua Gibbs » Sun Nov 06, 2016 11:19 pm

Hi I decided to create this thread for entertaining chess pictures for people to add captions too.

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Christopher Kreuzer
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Re: Caption Contest Thread

Post by Christopher Kreuzer » Mon Nov 07, 2016 12:15 am

Great picture!

I was trying to come up with a funny caption, when I started reading the four lines in your signature:

1) Who am I? I was told i was useless, had a bad attitude and would never get a job, I now get air tickets paid for me

2) I beat a strong FM online - I'm delighted

3) I helped a Refugee support his family

4) I learnt languages

The last two don't really work, but the first two do sort of! :mrgreen:

(The trick is to work out who is speaking the lines, Karpov or whoever the guy on the right is.)

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Re: Caption Contest Thread

Post by Joshua Gibbs » Mon Nov 07, 2016 12:19 am

Christopher Kreuzer wrote:Great picture!

I was trying to come up with a funny caption, when I started reading the four lines in your signature:

1) Who am I? I was told i was useless, had a bad attitude and would never get a job, I now get air tickets paid for me

2) I beat a strong FM online - I'm delighted
thatd be funny, Karpov boasting of beating an FM... A friend in Russia sent me this, I love it though im unsure on boxing.... The guy on the right is Nikolai Valuev the heavyweight boxer in case anyone is wondering.

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Re: Caption Contest Thread

Post by Nick Burrows » Mon Nov 07, 2016 7:40 am

Karpov: "Why did the neanderthal cross the road?"

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Re: Caption Contest Thread

Post by Clive Blackburn » Mon Nov 07, 2016 8:20 am

Karpov: I bet you play the Orangutan opening don't you!

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Re: Caption Contest Thread

Post by Kevin Williamson » Mon Nov 07, 2016 10:39 am

You may be bigger and stronger than me but I back myself with the Caro-Kann against anybody

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Re: Caption Contest Thread

Post by Neil Graham » Mon Nov 07, 2016 11:55 am

World Chess Boxing Championship weigh-in - shock new title contender emerges.

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Re: Caption Contest Thread

Post by Nevil Chan » Mon Nov 07, 2016 12:24 pm

Valuev: See you in round two.
Karpov: I've got three minutes to save my life.
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Re: Caption Contest Thread

Post by Dewi Jones » Mon Nov 07, 2016 12:59 pm

"Coin toss crucial in chess boxing world final"

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Re: Caption Contest Thread

Post by JustinHorton » Mon Nov 07, 2016 4:49 pm

Ha very good
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Re: Caption Contest Thread

Post by John Moore » Mon Nov 07, 2016 4:49 pm

Karpov is saying - to himself "If he doesn't let go of my hand soon, I am going to have a serious accident".

I originally had a rather ruder version.

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Re: Caption Contest Thread

Post by Nick Grey » Mon Nov 07, 2016 6:40 pm

So in chess they drug test you before & after a tournament & during a game they also follow you to the toilets?

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Re: Caption Contest Thread

Post by Roger de Coverly » Mon Nov 07, 2016 7:26 pm

Nick Grey wrote:So in chess they drug test you before & after a tournament & during a game they also follow you to the toilets?
Drug testing in chess is just a charade to satisfy those countries where chess is classified as a sport. No-one expects to find anything and it would be an embarrassment if they did.

Following players to the toilets on the other hand is about reducing the risk of chess engines being consulted during the game in privacy. There have been a number of incidents were this has happened or strongly suspected that it happened.

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Re: Caption Contest Thread

Post by Joshua Gibbs » Mon Nov 07, 2016 7:54 pm

Christopher Kreuzer is winning for me ATM...

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Re: Caption Contest Thread

Post by David Robertson » Mon Nov 07, 2016 8:49 pm

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