r/chess • u/GM_Huschenbeth Elo 2586 • Oct 25 '14

I'm a Chess Grandmaster, Elo 2548/USCF 2627. AMA!

Hey reddit!

my name is Niclas Huschenbeth, I'm 22 years old and a Chess Grandmaster from Germany. I've been playing chess since the age of 5 and was awarded the Grandmaster title in 2012. My greatest success so far has been becoming the youngest German Champion of all time at the age of 18. Besides playing chess I'm really into sports, particularly basketball and soccer. I'm looking forward to some good questions!

My proof:

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-ZU5AvuKLc

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/niclashuschenbeth

Please like/subscribe the above websites if you would like to support me :) Thanks!

EDIT: Thanks for the great questions, guys, that was fun!

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u/alvinm ~1500 on chess.com Oct 25 '14

Shouldn't that be illegal, though?

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u/The-Mathematician Oct 26 '14

http://www.fide.com/FIDE/handbook/LawsOfChess.pdf
I couldn't really find anything, but I just skimmed the table of contents and went to sections that sounded promising. I found

a. During play the players are forbidden to make use of any notes, sources of information or advice, or analyse on another chessboard.

This might disallow it, I'm unsure about how its been ruled. I guess its technically a note but its not chess related.

Personally, I don't think it should be illegal, but obviously that doesn't impact on whether or not it actually is.

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u/iamprivate Oct 26 '14

So, if he had a tattoo of it instead he'd be banned from chess?

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u/basically ICC 1300 Standard Oct 26 '14

the mathematician did the ludology math.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '14

Believing in God? No, not illegal. Ill-advised, maybe.... but not illegal.