It was with utter amazement that Mr Geoffry Hoskings discovered that he had been invited to take part in the 1965 Baku International Chess Tournament.
It transpired that there was a shortage of foreign players. Mr Hoskings was studying at Moscow University and a Russian friend had put his name forward on the strength of Hosking's vodka-fuelled victory in a casual friendly game that neither of them could remember with any clarity.
Mr Hosking's not only lost all twelve games in Baku, but
played in such an inventive way that the Tournament Bulletin
refused to publish the customary match details on the grounds
that they were not up to scratch.
Source "The Return of Heroic Failures" - S.Pile