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Throwing The Board Against The Wall Denting The Wall And The Board Prior To Uppercutting Your Opponent
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    Keywords: Humour

Often times at my go club, enraged old men will take the Goban and hurl it against the wall. This not only causes loud noises and distractions but also many injuries due to the flying stones. The old man then uppercuts his opponent and storms out of the room. If the man is seriously injured, he must wait until a member of the club is not playing a game before he can receive help. This is one of the worst habits in my opinion. Main Reasons:

  • Death or serious injury may be caused to your opponent.
  • Rushes all other games because the players are hurrying to finish in order to give the injured opponent proper medical treatment.
  • Less boards to play with in the club.
  • Less appealing club location due to dent in wall.

-- IronChefSakai

An additional risk for some clubs:

  • Loss of location due to lease termination

I think clubs will soon move to using foam-rubber boards and cooked pasta shapes for the pieces, to avoid damage from the inevitable tantrums. This has the advantage that parents who bring children to the club can keep them amused (on the foam-rubber board) and fed (with the pasta shapes).

-- BenFinney


CharlesSutton: When the stronger players in my club throw the board against the wall, it makes a satisfying crash; but when I try it, it only makes a dull thud. Does anyone know the traditional technique for this? I've also heard that it's traditional to land a few body blows before the final uppercut. Can anyone confirm this?


Marfack: While the term hane is generally known in go as a particular move on the board, its now obsolete meaning was "head" or "heads" or, in its more common usage as a warning, "Heads!" Typically, the player who would first figure out that another player was going to throw board/uppercut opponent would yell, "Hane," and everyone else would duck. Those who did not heed the warning were often injured, as documented above, and sometimes killed. Hence the proverb There is death in the hane.


Scartol: A relative of mine actually did something like this. I was staying at her house, while she and her husband played my parents in a game of Trivial Pursuit. When it became clear that my parents were about to win, she gave an enraged yell and hurled the board across the room, pieces and all. Since telling this story to my friends, mimicing it has become a humorous symbol of frustration when playing.


TakeNGive: A Korean player recently told me that prevention of this bad habit is the primary reason that traditional floor boards are so big and heavy. ;-)


However,the big floor board with legs can be used as a lethal weapon,which according to some Ukiyo-e prints,the stories connected to them,I should say,happened.

This type of bad behaviour is very common as well in Chess...--TimBrent

dnerra: This does not seem to be a new phenomenon. If you happen to have old Go worlds, look at the cover of no. 49 :-)


--Kris Rhodes: My local Go club meets in the same room, at the same time, as the local Bridge club. A couple of weeks ago, we witnessed a violent attempt by one 60 year old lady to physically attack another 60 year old lady apparently because the other lady would not allow her to take back a play or something along those lines. One of the oddest things I've ever seen.

That's all I had to say.


Legend has it that Napolean Broke a chess board over his opponents head...


Funny. I heard he broke his head over a chess board.



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