Afflictions affecting play.

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Matt Mackenzie
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Re: Afflictions affecting play.

Post by Matt Mackenzie » Sun Mar 20, 2022 3:46 pm

Jonathan Bryant wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 20, 2022 11:01 am
MJMcCready wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 20, 2022 8:49 am
 FIDE does have a dress code now but exactly when that came into effect I can't remember and what triggered, if anything, triggered it is another matter.
Nigel Short once got into trouble with a dress code and it led to the headline "Short's shorts too short"
That may well have been the 1985 Interzonal?

In his defence there, it was played in ludicrously hot conditions and many of the other players at least sympathised with him.
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Kevin Thurlow
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Re: Afflictions affecting play.

Post by Kevin Thurlow » Sun Mar 20, 2022 6:19 pm

"That may well have been the 1985 Interzonal?"

Maybe - I was there (Biel). No, not in the interzonal, a lower section. It was very hot, and many players were dressed more for the beach than a chess tournament.
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Roger de Coverly
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Re: Afflictions affecting play.

Post by Roger de Coverly » Sun Mar 20, 2022 7:30 pm

[quote="Matt Mackenzie" post_id=280363 time=1647791197 user_id=2160
That may well have been the 1985 Interzonal?
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Same year, similar event, but it may have been the Montpelier Candidates.
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=83304

I seem to recall the lead complainer about Nigel's attire being Campomanes, which may have helped lead to the breakaway in 1993.
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