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Chess star 'too drunk to play'

A top French chess player was knocked out of a grandmasters tournament in India - when he was judged too drunk to play.

Vladislav Tkachiev, 35, was said to be drunk when he arrived at the Kolkata Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament, reports the Indian Express.

He allegedly kept falling asleep while contemplating his moves during the hour long match. Other players kept shaking him to wake him up but eventually he had to be carried off.

Officials decided the Russian-born player wasn’t in any condition to carry on against Tamil Nadu’s Praveen Kumar who was awarded the match.

Tournament co-organiser Soumen Majumder said the incident was ‘bad advertisement for the tournament’.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .