The Bulgarian Ivan Cheparinov has been forfeited against Short at Corus 2008 chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee.
Cheparinov refused to shake hands with Nigel Short and "lose the game immediately". More details in coming days...
After 2 days, the former world chess champions Kramnik and Topalov should shake hands to play against each other! Is it possible??? Very interesting days for chess... FIDE "rules" for handshaking and Short's reaction on VIDEO... FIDE (It is NOT official FIDE rule): 13.4 The players shall shake hands (or shall greet each other in a normal social manner in accordance with the conventional rules of their society) before the start and after the end of each game. If a player fails to meet these requirements and after being asked to do so by the Chief Arbiter, then he will lose the game immediately.
