Something funny, or not so funny, happened in the summer of 1977 in the 10th Biel Chess Festival, and in particular in the Master Open Tournament, where Roberto Cosulich of Italy, one of the best so far, made the headlines through his meditation practices, as reported by Bieler Tagblatt, No. 177, Monday, August 1, 1977, p. 4:
Since the Italian Cosulich apparently needed more than one head and two hands to play chess, he also put both his feet on the table. His opponent, Ledermann (Israel), protested, and the tournament director intimated the Italian to sit properly at the table, otherwise the game would be awarded to his adversary. Cosulich felt offended, signed his scoresheet with 0–1 for the Israeli, and left Biel. |
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