Áfrýjunarnefndin: Skákin endurtefld á morgun - Mun Short neita að tefla?

Samkvæmt fréttum á Chessdom hefur áfrýjunarnefnd Corus-mótsins komist að þeirri niðurstöðu að skák Shorts og Cheparinovs verði endurtefld á morgun en þeim fyrrnefnda var dæmdur sigur þar sem Búlgarinn neitaði að taka í hönd hans við upphaf skákarinnar en Búlgarar eru mjög ósáttir við Short eftir ummæli Englendingsins um Danilov umboðsmann Topalovs og Cheparinovs.

Cheparinov þarf að biðja Short formlegrar afsökunar fyrir kl. 10 á morgun, annars stendur tapið.    Jafnframt er honum uppálagt að taka í hönd Shorts við upphaf skákarinnar. 

Nú er þess beðið hver viðbrögð Shorts verða.  Fer skákin fram eða mun Short neita að tefla?

Á myndinni má sjá Short útskýra atvikið fyrir blaðamönnum. 

Sjá nánar:

• Chessdom
• Chessbase
• TWIC
  

Úrskurðurinn:

The Appeals Committee (GMs Vladimir Kramnik, Michal Krasenkow, Judit Polgar) agrees that refusal to shake hands with one’s opponent before the game is an obvious violation of the behavioural norms of players in chess events.

According to the decision of FIDE Presidential Board taken in June 2007, any player who doesn’t shake hands with his/her opponent (and doesn’t do it after being asked to do so by the arbiter) will immediately lose the game.

However, according to the information obtained by the Appeals Committee, in the relevant case GM Cheparinov, after his initial refusal to shake hands with GM Short, didn’t clearly reject the arbiter’s request to do so.

Therefore:

1.We declare that GM Cheparinov must make a public excuse to GM Short in a written form before 11.00 hours January 21st 2008 for his refusal to shake hands.

2. Then the game between Ivan Cheparinov and Nigel Short has to be replayed on Monday January 21st 2008 at 13.30 hours.

3. Both players must shake hands at the start of the game.

4. Any player failing to comply with the present decision forfeits the game.

In order to avoid any conflicts in future we suggest the following procedure in similar cases: if one of the players deliberately refuses to shake his/her opponent’s offered hand at the start of the game, the arbiter shall officially warn him/her and demand him/her to do so. Only if the player again refuses to shake hand, he/she automatically forfeits the game.