Talk:Ivan Cheparinov

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[edit] Handshake controversy

I think the section on the handshake controversy is a bit biased towards Short, it makes it sound like Short was in the right when really it should just report what happened or both points of view. The opposing view (read the http://reports.chessdom.com/short-cheparinov-comments article in the references) would be that a) he refused to shake his hand twice b) short got up and went and found a referee to complain c) the referee incorrectly penalized d) but the penalty was overturned the next day because e) shaking hands is just a recommendation or guideline, not a rule —Preceding unsigned comment added by Inputable (talk • contribs) 22:53, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

I slightly disagree with your version of events, especially with e). It is true that in their protest Cheparinov and Danailov claimed that the FIDE behavioural norms are no more than a recommendation (maybe we should add that this is what they say), but that was not the reason the Appeals Committee overruled the arbiter. They only changed the decision to declare the game a loss because "GM Cheparinov, after his initial refusal to shake hands with GM Short, didn’t clearly reject the arbiter’s request to do so" ([1]) and the behavioural norms say that arbiters should give players a second chance to shake hands ([2]). I did add a few words to the article to emphasize that the initial forfeit was overruled ([3]). David Šenek (talk) 11:56, 29 February 2008 (UTC)