Violence in Chess

There are, of course, a few isolated cases of violence in chess, attributed to the more eccentric among the old chess masters.

For example, one of the few known instances of violence in chess occurred maybe a century ago when that redoubtable master of the hyper-modern school, Aron Nimzowitsch, threw a tantrum after losing a game. He stood up to hurl the chessboard and pieces across the room, loudly protesting: “Why must I lose to this idiot?”

Now, fast forward to the present.