Answers.Body: <p>The closest I have come to a definitive positive answer is <a href="https://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=2&amp;t=8460&amp;p=185793&amp;hilit=disrepute#p185793" rel="noreferrer">this post</a> in the English Chess Forum by Canadian International Arbiter <a href="https://ratings.fide.com/profile/2611031" rel="noreferrer">Pierre Dénommée</a>.</p>
  <p>Here is the relevant part of the post -</p>
  <pre><code>[fen &quot;8/p7/1p2q1k1/4p1P1/2P5/1P1R4/4K3/8 w - - 0 1&quot;]
  </code></pre>
  <blockquote>
  <p>White did move his rook between d5 and d6 and pressed his clock, he
  could have tripped his rook after, this would not have changed
  anything. Black assumed that the rook was on d5 because it would be
  unprotected on d6. Black did play Kxg5. White then adjusted his rook
  to d6 and played Rxe6. <em><strong>The final result was 0-1 for bringing the game</strong></em>
  <em><strong>of chess into disrepute</strong></em>. No illegal move has occurred, but doing
  nothing when a player change[s] a completely lost position into a won
  position by an unsportsmanlike conduct is not acceptable</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>Emphasis added by me.</p>
  <p>This was posted as part of a discussion about players knocking over a piece in blitz and pressing the clock without putting the piece back in place and so, unfortunately, no further details of the game or decision were included.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>This has now happened in a world championship event, thereby setting a precedent that arbiters at lower levels are likely to follow. The chief arbiter in the 2023 World Blitz championship has decided that top players Dubov and Nepomnichtchi colluded before the game to decide the result.</p>
  <p>Here is the game:</p>
  <pre><code>[Title &quot;Dubov - Nepomnichtchi, World Blitz Championship 2023&quot;]
  [fen &quot;&quot;]
  
  1. Nf3 Nf6 2. Nd4 Nd5 3. Nb3 Nb6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Ne4 Ne5 6. Ng5 Ng4 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Ng1 Ng8 9. Nc5 Nc4 10. Na4 Na5 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Nb1 Nb8 1/2-1/2
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  <p>Here is the decision:</p>
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/8YHHh.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/8YHHh.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
  <p><a href="https://twitter.com/FIDE_chess/status/1740796848275927279" rel="noreferrer">FIDE's announcement of the decision on Twitter/X</a>.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Whoa-whoa-whoa!?!?! Pretty blatant!!! I'd always had respect for both these players... Any larger context, that could possibly explain this kind of thing? Some kind of protest? Any additional info?
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Answers.Text: @paulgarrett both players complained about failures in the organization. It seems Nepo's arrival at the game was delayed because of some badge issue, and he was down 90" from his 5' capital on the clock when he arrived. Both players refused to play a real game in what they considered to be unfair conditions. (I am not convinced that they chose the right way to make their point, but who cares about my opinion?)
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Answers.Text: The game on video : https://twitter.com/keti_chess/status/1740824206898798718?t=Oc5mVD62B0w4rduuWX-s_Q Seems it was rather Artemiev who was delayed, my previous comment is incorrect.
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Answers.Text: Ok, first the game Dubov-Artemiev went 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 1/2-1/2 as a protest against Artemiev being unfairly delayed to the board, on top of other complaints. Then Dubov-Nepo was another farce aimed at denouncing the flaws of the organization.
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Answers.Text: Thanks, @Evergalo... Perhaps this context should be added to this answer, "for posterity"? :)
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Answers.Body: <p>Has the FIDE rule against bringing the game into disrepute been ever invoked? Indeed. I have found several examples of applications of the rule, based on the analysis of many resolutions by FIDE, and a few national and regional chess federations.</p>
  <p><strong>N.B. Although I tried to find references in English, it was hard to do and most of the references I found are in French, Catalan and Italian. The references I could find depend on my knowledge of languages and on the publication of disciplinary resolutions by a particular federation.</strong> (For example, I could not find such type of documents neither at the USCF site nor at the English Chess Federation's).</p>
  <h2>Cases of application</h2>
  <p>I actually found a case similar to that presented by @Brian Towers <strong>for committing illegal moves/actions during a game of chess</strong>. During a rapid chess competition, the white player repeatedly made illegal actions during the last two moves of the game (captured a pawn but did not take it off the board during his own time; retired the pawn during the opponent's time and, because of this movement, displaced a bishop from d4 to f3 and interfered with the opponent; knocked down two pawns while making his next move and did not set them up during his own time). This went unnoticed by the arbiter but there was video footage. The black player made a claim, but lost by time because of this. The result of the game was overturned based on article 11.1 and 11.5 (not annoying the opponent) (<a href="http://fbescacs.cat/documents/Doc20161220103410.pdf" rel="noreferrer">decision 3/2016</a>, in Catalan, by the competition judge of the Chess Federation of the Balearic Islands).</p>
  <p>However, this type of application of the article seems to be rare and it is more often invoked to punish <strong>inappropriate behavior during a match</strong>. Here are some examples:</p>
  <ul>
  <li>A player broke havoc in disguise during the final of 86th French Championship as part of a prank. According to the arbiter that reported the event, &quot;His behavior and actions have brought discredit to our sport&quot;. The player was suspended for two years (<a href="http://www.echecs.asso.fr/Discipline/2011-14.pdf" rel="noreferrer">Resolution 2011-14</a> of the Federal Committee of Discipline of the French Chess Federation, in French).</li>
  <li>An adult player shouted to an underage player, accusing him of having touched a piece and not played it. The adult player was suspended for 30 days (<a href="http://www.federscacchi.it/doc/GSN/d20200303020502_sent_calabrese-277_2020.pdf" rel="noreferrer">Resolution 2020/277</a> of the National Sports Judge of the Italian Chess Federation, in Italian).</li>
  <li>Two players started quarreling during a match about some pieces having been knocked down. Both players lost the game and were suspended for 30 days (<a href="http://www.federscacchi.it/doc/GSN/d20191029091641_sent_mouflih_gojani-259_2019.pdf" rel="noreferrer">Resolution 2019/259</a> of the National Sports Judge of the Italian Chess Federation, in Italian).</li>
  <li>A player insisted on using swear words and acting disrespectfully, even after several requests by the arbiter. The player was suspended for two months (<a href="http://www.federscacchi.it/doc/GSN/d20180112064124_sent_155_tocco.pdf" rel="noreferrer">Resolution 2017/155</a> of the National Sports Judge of the Italian Chess Federation, in Italian).</li>
  <li>While playing against an underage player, an adult player repeatedly went to the bar for alcoholic drinks (although he apparently was not inebriated). He was reprimanded on the grounds of article 11.1 (<a href="http://escacs.cat/index.php/comites/resolucions-comites/resolucions-2019/26508-" rel="noreferrer">Resolution 20/2019</a> of the Catalan Chess Federation, in Catalan).</li>
  <li>A player was reprimanded on the grounds or article 11.1 for shouting during a match when his opponent's phone alarm rang (<a href="http://escacs.cat/index.php/comites/resolucions-comites/resolucions-2019/26224-" rel="noreferrer">Resolution 7/2019</a>, of the Catalan Chess Federation, in Catalan). (The other player was reprimanded for telling the delegate, but not his opponent of the fact that the alarm would ring to remember him to take his medication. The competition rules specified he should have told both about it.)</li>
  <li>Several players were reprimanded for misbehaving (shouting, speaking aggressively) because of a conflict during a match (<a href="http://escacs.cat/index.php/comites/resolucions-comites/resolucions-2017/24925-" rel="noreferrer">Resolution 07/2017</a> of the Catalan Chess Federation, in Catalan).</li>
  <li>A team's delegate was reprimanded for acting angrily when making a claim (<a href="http://escacs.cat/index.php/comites/resolucions-comites/resolucions-2017/24922-" rel="noreferrer">Resolution 06/2017</a> of the Catalan Chess Federation, in Catalan).</li>
  <li>A player was reprimanded for refusing to shake hands as customary at the beginning of the game (<a href="http://escacs.cat/index.php/comites/resolucions-comites/resolucions-2016/24675-" rel="noreferrer">Resolution 17/2016</a> of the Catalan Chess Federation, in Catalan).</li>
  <li>An adult player has suspended for six months for acting pejoratively against two underage opponents. The decision was confirmed during an appeal based on grounds of article 11.1 and 11.5 (<a href="http://escacs.cat/index.php/comites/resolucions-comites/resolucions-2016/24673-" rel="noreferrer">Appeal Resolution 15/2016</a>, of the Catalan Chess Federation, in Catalan).</li>
  </ul>
  <p>Article 11.1 has also been used to punish <strong>affronts and offenses against chess organizations</strong>:</p>
  <ul>
  <li>The president of a chess club was suspended for three years for offenses against the French Chess Federation on Twitter and for manhandling a couple of underage players he trained (<a href="http://www.echecs.asso.fr/Discipline/2019-14.pdf" rel="noreferrer">Resolution 2019-14</a> of the Federal Commission of Discipline of the French Chess Federation, in French). Although the resolution does not cite explicitly the article 11.1, it says that such actions (the insults on Twitter) &quot;are of such a nature to attack the image of the French Chess Federation and the game of chess&quot; (my translation).</li>
  </ul>
  <h2>Penalties</h2>
  <p>As is apparent from the examples above, in case of minor transgressions penalties are limited to admonitions with more severe punishments in case of re-incident behavior. In more severe cases it results in the loss of the game or even license suspensions.</p>
  <h2>Alternatives to article 11.1</h2>
  <p>The invocation of article 11.1 seems to depend on the actual regulations of each federation. In fact, the offenses listed above are related to violations of ethical codes in some federations.</p>
  <p>For example, the article 2.2.10 of the FIDE Code of Ethics is approximately equivalent to article 11.1 of the Laws of Chess. It states:</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>&quot;In addition, disciplinary action in accordance with this Code of
  Ethics will be taken in cases of occurrences which cause the game of
  chess, FIDE or its federations to appear in an unjustifiable
  unfavorable light and in this way damage its reputation.&quot;</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>This article was used to suspend former FIDE president K. Ilyumzhinov (<a href="https://ethics.fide.com/images/stories/ETH_decision_Complaint_against_FIDE_President.pdf" rel="noreferrer">case 2/2018 of the FIDE Ethics Commission</a>) for pursuing his own interests instead of FIDE's in addition to other actions.</p>
  <p>Also, in France disrespectful behavior is usually judged as violations of the Ethics and Deontology Chart of the French Chess Federation (e.g., <a href="http://www.echecs.asso.fr/Discipline/2017-02-Appel.pdf" rel="noreferrer">Appeal decision 2017-02</a> for hitting a player, <a href="http://www.echecs.asso.fr/Discipline/2019-01.pdf" rel="noreferrer">decision 2019-01</a> for insulting and menacing two players, <a href="http://www.echecs.asso.fr/Discipline/2019-13.pdf" rel="noreferrer">decision 2019-13</a> for shouting to the opponent, in French).</p>
  <p>Finally, the <a href="http://ethics.fide.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/FIDE-2_2020-decision-final.pdf" rel="noreferrer">ruling 2/2020 of the FIDE Ethics &amp; Disciplinary Commision</a> regarding an attempt of match-fixing states that &quot;Art. 2.2.10 is a more general rule, primarily aimed at targeting acts or omissions by  players  or  office  holders  that  is  not  covered  by  any  of  the  more specified articles in the Code of Ethics.&quot; I think this should also be applicable to article 11.1 of the Laws of Chess.</p>
  
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Body: <p>In the current <a href="https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/E012018" rel="noreferrer">FIDE Laws of Chess</a> article 11.1 says:</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>11.1 The players shall take no action that will bring the game of chess into disrepute.</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>I have heard elderly arbiters fulminating about some incident saying that this law (which has been around for a long time) should be invoked or that they would invoke it but I have never come across a case in the real world where this has happened. The talk of invoking it has been just &quot;bar talk&quot; as far as I can tell.</p>
  <p>I understand the need for a chess rules equivalent of the nuclear deterrent, but has this ever been invoked?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: I never needed that article, but i sometimes used it as a threat. I know one case where it might be used: W Kh6 Rg7 B Kb8 Ra7 Ph7. 1.Rxh7 but white places the pawn not at the table but on c2 1... Rxh7 2.Kxh7 and White claims a drawn. 2....c1Q. Three possibel decisions: 1. Putting the pawn at c2 was an unreclaimed illegal move, the game continues, 0-1. 2. The pawn is removed, it is K vs K, drawn. 3. The behaviour of Black brings the game into disrepute, 1-0. IIRC the arbiter decided like 2. On a national arbiter course, we found votes from 8 participants and 1 referent for each decision.
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Title: When has the FIDE rule against bringing the game into disrepute been invoked (if ever)?
ThreadText: # When has the FIDE rule against bringing the game into disrepute been invoked (if ever)?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-09-27)
  
  In the current [FIDE Laws of Chess](https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/E012018) article 11.1 says:
  
  > 11.1 The players shall take no action that will bring the game of chess into disrepute.
  
  I have heard elderly arbiters fulminating about some incident saying that this law (which has been around for a long time) should be invoked or that they would invoke it but I have never come across a case in the real world where this has happened. The talk of invoking it has been just "bar talk" as far as I can tell.
  
  I understand the need for a chess rules equivalent of the nuclear deterrent, but has this ever been invoked?
  
  **Tags:** rules, history, fide
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: I never needed that article, but i sometimes used it as a threat. I know one case where it might be used: W Kh6 Rg7 B Kb8 Ra7 Ph7. 1.Rxh7 but white places the pawn not at the table but on c2 1... Rxh7 2.Kxh7 and White claims a drawn. 2....c1Q. Three possibel decisions: 1. Putting the pawn at c2 was an unreclaimed illegal move, the game continues, 0-1. 2. The pawn is removed, it is K vs K, drawn. 3. The behaviour of Black brings the game into disrepute, 1-0. IIRC the arbiter decided like 2. On a national arbiter course, we found votes from 8 participants and 1 referent for each decision.  
  
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  ## 3 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_4 on 2020-10-05. Score: 10 | Accepted answer
  
  Has the FIDE rule against bringing the game into disrepute been ever invoked? Indeed. I have found several examples of applications of the rule, based on the analysis of many resolutions by FIDE, and a few national and regional chess federations.
  
  **N.B. Although I tried to find references in English, it was hard to do and most of the references I found are in French, Catalan and Italian. The references I could find depend on my knowledge of languages and on the publication of disciplinary resolutions by a particular federation.** (For example, I could not find such type of documents neither at the USCF site nor at the English Chess Federation's).
  
  ## Cases of application
  
  I actually found a case similar to that presented by @username_0 **for committing illegal moves/actions during a game of chess**. During a rapid chess competition, the white player repeatedly made illegal actions during the last two moves of the game (captured a pawn but did not take it off the board during his own time; retired the pawn during the opponent's time and, because of this movement, displaced a bishop from d4 to f3 and interfered with the opponent; knocked down two pawns while making his next move and did not set them up during his own time). This went unnoticed by the arbiter but there was video footage. The black player made a claim, but lost by time because of this. The result of the game was overturned based on article 11.1 and 11.5 (not annoying the opponent) ([decision 3/2016](http://fbescacs.cat/documents/Doc20161220103410.pdf), in Catalan, by the competition judge of the Chess Federation of the Balearic Islands).
  
  However, this type of application of the article seems to be rare and it is more often invoked to punish **inappropriate behavior during a match**. Here are some examples:
  
  * A player broke havoc in disguise during the final of 86th French Championship as part of a prank. According to the arbiter that reported the event, "His behavior and actions have brought discredit to our sport". The player was suspended for two years ([Resolution 2011-14](http://www.echecs.asso.fr/Discipline/2011-14.pdf) of the Federal Committee of Discipline of the French Chess Federation, in French).
  * An adult player shouted to an underage player, accusing him of having touched a piece and not played it. The adult player was suspended for 30 days ([Resolution 2020/277](http://www.federscacchi.it/doc/GSN/d20200303020502_sent_calabrese-277_2020.pdf) of the National Sports Judge of the Italian Chess Federation, in Italian).
  * Two players started quarreling during a match about some pieces having been knocked down. Both players lost the game and were suspended for 30 days ([Resolution 2019/259](http://www.federscacchi.it/doc/GSN/d20191029091641_sent_mouflih_gojani-259_2019.pdf) of the National Sports Judge of the Italian Chess Federation, in Italian).
  * A player insisted on using swear words and acting disrespectfully, even after several requests by the arbiter. The player was suspended for two months ([Resolution 2017/155](http://www.federscacchi.it/doc/GSN/d20180112064124_sent_155_tocco.pdf) of the National Sports Judge of the Italian Chess Federation, in Italian).
  * While playing against an underage player, an adult player repeatedly went to the bar for alcoholic drinks (although he apparently was not inebriated). He was reprimanded on the grounds of article 11.1 ([Resolution 20/2019](http://escacs.cat/index.php/comites/resolucions-comites/resolucions-2019/26508-) of the Catalan Chess Federation, in Catalan).
  * A player was reprimanded on the grounds or article 11.1 for shouting during a match when his opponent's phone alarm rang ([Resolution 7/2019](http://escacs.cat/index.php/comites/resolucions-comites/resolucions-2019/26224-), of the Catalan Chess Federation, in Catalan). (The other player was reprimanded for telling the delegate, but not his opponent of the fact that the alarm would ring to remember him to take his medication. The competition rules specified he should have told both about it.)
  * Several players were reprimanded for misbehaving (shouting, speaking aggressively) because of a conflict during a match ([Resolution 07/2017](http://escacs.cat/index.php/comites/resolucions-comites/resolucions-2017/24925-) of the Catalan Chess Federation, in Catalan).
  * A team's delegate was reprimanded for acting angrily when making a claim ([Resolution 06/2017](http://escacs.cat/index.php/comites/resolucions-comites/resolucions-2017/24922-) of the Catalan Chess Federation, in Catalan).
  * A player was reprimanded for refusing to shake hands as customary at the beginning of the game ([Resolution 17/2016](http://escacs.cat/index.php/comites/resolucions-comites/resolucions-2016/24675-) of the Catalan Chess Federation, in Catalan).
  * An adult player has suspended for six months for acting pejoratively against two underage opponents. The decision was confirmed during an appeal based on grounds of article 11.1 and 11.5 ([Appeal Resolution 15/2016](http://escacs.cat/index.php/comites/resolucions-comites/resolucions-2016/24673-), of the Catalan Chess Federation, in Catalan).
  
  Article 11.1 has also been used to punish **affronts and offenses against chess organizations**:
  
  * The president of a chess club was suspended for three years for offenses against the French Chess Federation on Twitter and for manhandling a couple of underage players he trained ([Resolution 2019-14](http://www.echecs.asso.fr/Discipline/2019-14.pdf) of the Federal Commission of Discipline of the French Chess Federation, in French). Although the resolution does not cite explicitly the article 11.1, it says that such actions (the insults on Twitter) "are of such a nature to attack the image of the French Chess Federation and the game of chess" (my translation).
  
  ## Penalties
  
  As is apparent from the examples above, in case of minor transgressions penalties are limited to admonitions with more severe punishments in case of re-incident behavior. In more severe cases it results in the loss of the game or even license suspensions.
  
  ## Alternatives to article 11.1
  
  The invocation of article 11.1 seems to depend on the actual regulations of each federation. In fact, the offenses listed above are related to violations of ethical codes in some federations.
  
  For example, the article 2.2.10 of the FIDE Code of Ethics is approximately equivalent to article 11.1 of the Laws of Chess. It states:
  
  > "In addition, disciplinary action in accordance with this Code of
  > Ethics will be taken in cases of occurrences which cause the game of
  > chess, FIDE or its federations to appear in an unjustifiable
  > unfavorable light and in this way damage its reputation."
  
  This article was used to suspend former FIDE president K. Ilyumzhinov ([case 2/2018 of the FIDE Ethics Commission](https://ethics.fide.com/images/stories/ETH_decision_Complaint_against_FIDE_President.pdf)) for pursuing his own interests instead of FIDE's in addition to other actions.
  
  Also, in France disrespectful behavior is usually judged as violations of the Ethics and Deontology Chart of the French Chess Federation (e.g., [Appeal decision 2017-02](http://www.echecs.asso.fr/Discipline/2017-02-Appel.pdf) for hitting a player, [decision 2019-01](http://www.echecs.asso.fr/Discipline/2019-01.pdf) for insulting and menacing two players, [decision 2019-13](http://www.echecs.asso.fr/Discipline/2019-13.pdf) for shouting to the opponent, in French).
  
  Finally, the [ruling 2/2020 of the FIDE Ethics & Disciplinary Commision](http://ethics.fide.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/FIDE-2_2020-decision-final.pdf) regarding an attempt of match-fixing states that "Art. 2.2.10 is a more general rule, primarily aimed at targeting acts or omissions by players or office holders that is not covered by any of the more specified articles in the Code of Ethics." I think this should also be applicable to article 11.1 of the Laws of Chess.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_0 on 2020-10-01. Score: 10
  
  The closest I have come to a definitive positive answer is this post in the English Chess Forum by Canadian International Arbiter Pierre Dénommée.
  Here is the relevant part of the post -
  [fen "8/p7/1p2q1k1/4p1P1/2P5/1P1R4/4K3/8 w - - 0 1"]
  
  
  White did move his rook between d5 and d6 and pressed his clock, he
  could have tripped his rook after, this would not have changed
  anything. Black assumed that the rook was on d5 because it would be
  unprotected on d6. Black did play Kxg5. White then adjusted his rook
  to d6 and played Rxe6. The final result was 0-1 for bringing the game
  of chess into disrepute. No illegal move has occurred, but doing
  nothing when a player change[s] a completely lost position into a won
  position by an unsportsmanlike conduct is not acceptable
  
  Emphasis added by me.
  This was posted as part of a discussion about players knocking over a piece in blitz and pressing the clock without putting the piece back in place and so, unfortunately, no further details of the game or decision were included.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_0 on 2023-12-29. Score: 6
  
  This has now happened in a world championship event, thereby setting a precedent that arbiters at lower levels are likely to follow. The chief arbiter in the 2023 World Blitz championship has decided that top players Dubov and Nepomnichtchi colluded before the game to decide the result.
  Here is the game:
  [Title "Dubov - Nepomnichtchi, World Blitz Championship 2023"]
  [fen ""]
  
  1. Nf3 Nf6 2. Nd4 Nd5 3. Nb3 Nb6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Ne4 Ne5 6. Ng5 Ng4 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Ng1 Ng8 9. Nc5 Nc4 10. Na4 Na5 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Nb1 Nb8 1/2-1/2
  
  Here is the decision:
  
  FIDE's announcement of the decision on Twitter/X.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: Whoa-whoa-whoa!?!?! Pretty blatant!!! I'd always had respect for both these players... Any larger context, that could possibly explain this kind of thing? Some kind of protest? Any additional info?  
  > **username_3**: @paulgarrett both players complained about failures in the organization. It seems Nepo's arrival at the game was delayed because of some badge issue, and he was down 90" from his 5' capital on the clock when he arrived. Both players refused to play a real game in what they considered to be unfair conditions. (I am not convinced that they chose the right way to make their point, but who cares about my opinion?)  
  > **username_3**: The game on video : https://twitter.com/keti_chess/status/1740824206898798718?t=Oc5mVD62B0w4rduuWX-s_Q Seems it was rather Artemiev who was delayed, my previous comment is incorrect.  
  > **username_3**: Ok, first the game Dubov-Artemiev went 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 1/2-1/2 as a protest against Artemiev being unfairly delayed to the board, on top of other complaints. Then Dubov-Nepo was another farce aimed at denouncing the flaws of the organization.  
  > **username_2**: Thanks, @Evergalo... Perhaps this context should be added to this answer, "for posterity"? :)  
  
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