More Dark Arts of The Dark Side
If you know an opponent has a mild allergy*, you can exploit this weakness by exposing them to said substance immediately before or during the game. A particularly useful (though highly improbable) allergy for an opponent to have would be an aloe allergy. In that case you could simply apply hand lotion with aloe before the handshake at the start of the game - and watch the uncontrollable sneezing begin! He might sneeze at a crucial moment and mix up the move order of his response to your Anti-Berlin variation, and instead of your emerging from the opening with an =, you get all the way to a +/= eval instead! Maybe apply some of the allergen to the opponent's pieces before hand if you have Black or can otherwise reliably sabotage the pieces or board. The possibilities are limited only by your imagination!
(No, I have no known allergies. Why do you ask?)
* Remember, people, that we are talking about mild allergies here. If the opponent has a severe allergy, to say, peanut butter, and you put them into Anaphylactic Shock , you could well be brought up on murder charges latter - or worse, be expelled from the tournament. Sure, if it's only your fifth or sixth potential felony conviction you can probably plead it down to a littering fine, but do you really want to waste perfectly good money on a murder when that money could buy your seventh or eighth tournament worthy chess set instead? (Obviously I'm not including legal fees, as I'm assuming you're probably reliant on the auspices of a public defender, or that you keep an attorney on retainer for such occasions.)
Remember, kids, Force Choke Responsibly!
Added: Don't miss the appendix!
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