Chess players who have been arrested

[Matt Mackenzie]

And of course Matulovic, who served some jail time for "vehicular manslaughter" c1970.

"The sentence is too long......she was only a Bosnian" - what a charmer.

[John Upham]

I think there was a English chap (whose name I do know) arrested in Norway at a tournament caught in a toilet cubicle with a young man. He is also a poker player.

Do you mean Czechia and contract bridge?

Nope, A Norwegian junior tournament and he is now a poker player (seems appropriate).

[Gerard Killoran]

A reminder...

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[Alan Kennedy]

Was John N. Walker (Oxford) arrested or did he hand himself in?

https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/65983 ... s-abusing/ gives detail.

[MJMcCready]

Not forgetting Kasparov. He's been behind bars before but I can't remember what it was for, it was either being an outspoken critic of Putin or playing the King's Indian Defence more than most.

[Neil Graham]

I can think of several ordinary club players who have been arrested/convicted over the years. Certainly there was one well-known official who murdered his wife.

[Matt Mackenzie]

Not forgetting Kasparov. He's been behind bars before but I can't remember what it was for, it was either being an outspoken critic of Putin or playing the King's Indian Defence more than most.

And when in the clink he was visited by none other than his old sparring partner Karpov.

[MJMcCready]

Not forgetting Kasparov. He's been behind bars before but I can't remember what it was for, it was either being an outspoken critic of Putin or playing the King's Indian Defence more than most.

And when in the clink he was visited by none other than his old sparring partner Karpov.

Yes, who I believe brought him a chess magazine to read. Whether or not he was gloating, we will never really know. Hard to believe he felt sorry for him after all these years but you never know.

[Matt Mackenzie]

Actually, it is likely that he did.

Karpov at least no longer had pretensions to be WC at that point, so could give his old rival more of the respect that he actually deserved.

[Nick Burrows]

There was a player arrested for a bomb hoax on an airplane last year.