WELL, IT AIN'T EXACTLY NASCAR...:

Maverick chess master Vladislav Tkachiev falls asleep at the board (Philippe Naughton , 9/04/09, Times of London)

Vladislav Tkachiev, 35, who was was born in Moscow, raised in Kazakhstan and now plays as a Frenchman, had to concede a game at the Calcutta Open and could face further sanctions from the game's governing body.

Tkachiev completed only 15 moves in an hour in a third-round match against India's Praveen Kumar after repeatedly dozing off.