Hanna Bartczak (1729) - Ryszard Hebdaś (1509)
Jobava-Prié
1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bf4
This may not have been the exact move-order, but these were the moves that had been played when Black started gesticulating, attracting my attention (and the attention of others).
After some mirth from adjoining boards, the players swopped the a1 pawn for the h2 rook, and got on with the game (White won).
The incident is an example of minds seeing what they expect to see, not what is in front of them.
most you see that the Queen and the King are wrong placed,or the knight or Bischop.Was this serious?
ReplyDeleteI suppose it's an extreme example of the same thing.
DeleteIn an earlier round, just before the games started, I pointed out to the man sat next to me that the queen and king on the opposite side of the board were on the wrong squares. The man could not see it, and I speak no Polish, so another player had to point out to him what I was gesturing about.
Once at Hastings I saw a position in which Black had played ...Bb4 without first moving either the e7 or g7 pawn. His opponent did not spot the error either, so I called an arbiter.
The case of the flying Bishop to b4.But still can imagene that his opponent didn,t saw it, because you don,t expect it.Good that you noticed it.
ReplyDeleteAnd good that, as a spectator, I did not try to interfere, but knew the correct procedure was to notify an arbiter!
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