Saturday, June 30, 2007

Back in the day...



I've always found the tradition of rewarding a champion by making them look like a shrubbery rather curious.

Anyhoo, I posted this clip with the hope that Justin, or anybody else for that matter, might be able to help with a translation (of the translation).

3 comments:

Tom Chivers said...

We really should have done that to Robin after our Championship, come to think of it...

ejh said...

I might if you've got a text - I don't have sound.

Anonymous said...

I don't I'm afraid.

I suspect it's nothing more profound than something like,

"In the name of FIDE I declare Mr. Bobby Fischer World Chess Champion".