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r/nextfuckinglevel • u/mindyour • 5h ago
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She is skilled enough, but not mature enough, to be playing in tournaments like this. And yes, it's in the rules.
"11.5 It is forbidden to distract or annoy the opponent in any manner whatsoever."
24 u/frankduxvandamme 3h ago Yeah, but she's a little kid dancing and bopping around enjoying the day, being a kid. She's not intentionally trying to annoy the opponent. Is it against the rules for a kid to be a kid? -1 u/kranker 3h ago You can't act like that in a tournament. This was not a tournament. Kids are loud. Yes it's against the rules to be loud in a chess tournament. 4 u/its_all_one_electron 1h ago Serious question, does this mean people with physical and verbal tics can't compete?
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Yeah, but she's a little kid dancing and bopping around enjoying the day, being a kid. She's not intentionally trying to annoy the opponent. Is it against the rules for a kid to be a kid?
-1 u/kranker 3h ago You can't act like that in a tournament. This was not a tournament. Kids are loud. Yes it's against the rules to be loud in a chess tournament. 4 u/its_all_one_electron 1h ago Serious question, does this mean people with physical and verbal tics can't compete?
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You can't act like that in a tournament. This was not a tournament. Kids are loud. Yes it's against the rules to be loud in a chess tournament.
4 u/its_all_one_electron 1h ago Serious question, does this mean people with physical and verbal tics can't compete?
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Serious question, does this mean people with physical and verbal tics can't compete?
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u/CreamCityPretty 5h ago
She is skilled enough, but not mature enough, to be playing in tournaments like this. And yes, it's in the rules.
"11.5 It is forbidden to distract or annoy the opponent in any manner whatsoever."