TAIPEI: Opinionated spectators beware: talking loudly during a game of chess can land you almost two months in jail. A Taiwanese court has sentenced an elderly man to 59 days of detention for assault. The man, surnamed Lin, was watching a chess game at a local park when he made excessive remarks disparaging the players' strategies and got combative when they told him to keep quiet. Lin, 79, was standing behind a sexagenarian chess player surnamed Tao, giving him and his opponent unwanted advice and commentary. He meddled when a dispute ensued and beat one of the players.
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