MJMcCready wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2023 5:47 pm
Nope because he stared down his opponent when it was his turn to move also. Can't remember exactly who he was playing, some eastern European guy with a rather tricky name.
Whose turn, if it matters? Browne's or the guy whose name you can't remember?
I simply don't understand this "staring down". When I played Walter he certainly banged the clock - in fact, so hard that the rocker bounced back up again, which was his undoing. Did he stare at me, whether it was his move or mine? I have no idea, because I would have been looking at the board, which is what I believe is recommended.
I have witnessed Kasparov, having called for a clock when finishing off his final amateur opponent in a simul, slamming it repeatedly before fixing a vicious glare on his opponent. I felt this was poor behaviour from someone who had been paid generously for the evening, but nothing anyone who knew him would not expect.
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