Cheparinov refuses handshake (chessdom.com)

Short is the typical British hypocrite. He would shake hands while thinking the other guy is a bastard, chepa is not, he doesn't like the guy and doesn't shake hands. Look at Short going to moan to daddy referee, "buuu, Daddy, he didn't shake my hand". What a sorry ass.

wht an arrogant bastard

I am really tired to hear all those stupid conclusions...
Cheparinov had a huge argument not to respect Shorty and I understand him.
Even if that was just a "nerve game" it doesn't mean that I (I'm from Bulgaria) am anmanered bastard. OK ?

Respect is something, that should be earned. It is not granted, just because you play chess.
In this case Shorty is shameless to "show his respect" after writing all that sh!t .

male Ivane, kuv kompleksar si stanal, taka li si mislish che mojesh da nakrash njakoi da se chustva ne na mjasto be?!?! ne trjbva da igraesh za bulgaria

I enjoy when chess is played under rules of etiquette, I think it adds class to an already classy game but I'm not sure if people should be REQUIRED to shake hands. Of course there are a heck of a lot of people with little or no class that play.

"Short wrote an obituary in the Sunday Telegraph in which he claimed that during the 27th Chess Olympiad in Dubai he had slept with Miles' then-girlfriend." [Wikipedia]

Nigel Short is no more of a gentleman than Chep.

what's in a handshake. if one offers his hand and the other refused, that's all there's to it. nothing serious about it, arrogance and ungentleman conduct does happen

play the game fgt

what a pussy, sad