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I can see somebody's phone starts ringing or otherwise making a noise and they can't get to it to turn it off. I play chess and phones are banned from events (
by slyall 11y ago
I can see somebody's phone starts ringing or otherwise making a noise and they can't get to it to turn it off.
I play chess and phones are banned from events (they sometimes have metal detectors at the door of large tournaments). Which causes a problem if you don't have a nearby car or hotel room to leave them in. Although recently they have tweaked the rules to allow phones to be in your bag (turned off).
- enobrev 11y agoThey explicitly ask you to make sure it's on silent before they put it in the bag and hand it back. Of course there could easily be mistakes, but there were not at last night's show.