A chess tournament was being held and chess Masters from all over the country had arrived to try their hand at the title.
The tournament began with the rules being explained to the master players before they went to their places with their opponents. The starting bell rang and the first player at each table made his move.
Some masters began by moving a pawn, others moved a knight, but a commotion had broken out on one of the tables and everyone turned to see what was happening.
One of the masters was standing up waving his arms about and shouting ‘I’m the winner!’ as his supporters clapped and cheered. Surely the game couldn’t be over already?
‘What do you mean?’ cried his opponent. ‘The object of the game is to take the opponents King, and I’ve taken yours!’ he replied. ‘But you didn’t play the game, you just picked the king up off the table!’ said the judge.
The judge disqualified the rogue master and the competition continued as normal until the winner was declared and was awarded the title of Chess Grand Master.
The rogue master went home with his supporters complaining that the competition was fixed and saying how he was the real winner as he’d taken the King. He then awarded himself the title of ‘Supreme Chess Grand Master’.
Confused onlookers were never entirely sure if he was a fraud or delusional, should they be angry with him for ruining the tournament or should they feel sorry for him? One thing was certain, no-one with any credibility would play with him again.
TKD tournaments also have rules, not to be confused with self defence in which there aren’t any.
