Played in my first classical tournament in over 14 years this weekend. Mostly played like garbage, 3/5 in an U1800 section when I'm 2100 rapid on chess.com isn't what I was aiming for. But horsefeathers got wild before my 4th round match. Sitting and daydreaming before my game with a 12 year old girl, and I notice the guy next to me and his pen. It's all white, and says nothing but "power" in blue text.
"You're not worried about using that?"
"Huh?"
"Just seems racist."
"What?!"
"Well, you know, white power?"
"OH Jesus Christ!!! I don't need this horsefeathers horsefeathers!!"
"....it was just an observation."
He bitches about it for a few more minutes and I choose to ignore him. His entire game he's slamming pieces around and writing angrily with his racist pen, and then TWO HOURS later he resigns, snaps the pen in two, spikes it on my board, and starts cursing at me again for "calling him a racist." I tell him he should be embarrassed and to leave. Which he did, cursing all the way out. Chess: serious business.