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The Laws of Chess - Andy Howie - 17-10-2013 Alex has been kind enough to upload the new laws of chess that come into force on 1 July, 2014 on the Chess Arbiters Association Website http://www.chessarbitersassociation.co.uk/lawsofchess2014.pdf Some interesting ideas! Quote:The Laws of Chess have two parts: 1. Basic Rules of Play and 2. Competition Rules Finally!! Quote:4.6 The act of promotion may be performed in various ways: We are going to have fun with that with the live boards Quote:6.7 a. The rules of a competition shall specify in advance a default time. Any player who Strike one for common sense. Quote:7.5 a ...If the player has moved a pawn to the furthest distant rank, pressed the clock, but I can see one or two stalemates arising from this one! Quote:7.5 b b. After the action taken under Article 7.5.a, for the first completed illegal move by a So we have moved from 3 illegal moves to 2! Some of the novice tournaments are going to be interesting now! In various places when speaking about dealing with a player with a disability who can't keep score or use the clock Quote:This adjustment of the clock shall not Common sense again! Quote:9.6 If one or both of the following occur(s) then the game is drawn: Note the word IS. Essentially if the players do not claim a draw after 3 fold or 50 moves then the arbiter can declare the game a draw. Would be hellish if you are trying one of the difficult endgames and get to within 1 move of wining and your opponent claims the draw (say on move 70) on the basis of 50 moves Quote:11.2 The ‘playing venue’ is defined as the ‘playing area’, rest rooms, toilets, refreshment So we no longer can have parents in the hall at junior tournaments, photographers and television crew Quote:11.3 b b. During play, a player is forbidden to have a mobile phone and/or other electronic So no hearing aids, tablets, radios etc etc. It continues... Quote:The rules of a competition may specify a different, less severe, penalty. Phew, but there is a further continuation... Quote:The arbiter may require the player to allow his clothes, bags or other items to be So a new item to go into my arbiters case. Rubber gloves.... Quote:11.9 A player shall have the right to request from the arbiter an explanation of particular Strangely I thought a player always did. It would be a poor arbiter who did not explain a decision or help someone with a query on the laws Quote:12.9 Options available to the arbiter concerning penalties: Oban 2014 is going to be fun. I am going to ask Duncan if we can make the penalty for a phone going off a round of drinks for the control team... Quickplay finishes are now in an appendix as FIDE want us all to use incremental time controls Quote:G.4 If the player having the move has less than two minutes left on his clock, he may I have to say I like this. It gives the player who is clearly winning a chance to gamble on completing the win. We now have a glossary as well Quote:fair play: 12.2a. Whether justice has been done has sometimes to be considered when an I think I know what they are saying.... Overall, looks like most of the madness has been removed. I'm off to source some rubber gloves... Re: The Laws of Chess - StevieHilton - 17-10-2013 Does the new laws in regards to communication mean that a blind /visually impaired player cannot make use of a dictaphone then as a means of recording his/her moves? If this is so, then that is discriminatory, also goes against the rules of play regarding the blind Re: The Laws of Chess - David G Congalton - 17-10-2013 Appendix D. Rules for play with blind and visually disabled players D2 6. The visually disabled player must keep score of the game in Braille or longhand, or record the moves on a recording device. Re: The Laws of Chess - Andrew McHarg - 17-10-2013 I do think there needs to be clarification on what is considered an electronic communications device. Clearly something like a hearing aid should be allowed, as should whatever blind players require to play the game. I'd also say that something like a watch shouldn't be an issue, as long as it's not able to communicate with someone outside the playing area and as long as any such device doesn't continually distract other players by making noises etc. Re: The Laws of Chess - StevieHilton - 17-10-2013 Andrew McHarg Wrote:I do think there needs to be clarification on what is considered an electronic communications device. Clearly something like a hearing aid should be allowed, as should whatever blind players require to play the game. I'd also say that something like a watch shouldn't be an issue, as long as it's not able to communicate with someone outside the playing area and as long as any such device doesn't continually distract other players by making noises etc. There are phone built into watches these days Andrew Re: The Laws of Chess - Andrew McHarg - 17-10-2013 Those should be banned from the playing area like a mobile phone would be! Re: The Laws of Chess - Andy Howie - 17-10-2013 I'm surprised no one has mentioned the rubber gloves yet... Re: The Laws of Chess - StevieHilton - 17-10-2013 Andy Howie Wrote:I'm surprised no one has mentioned the rubber gloves yet... I don't even want to think about that Re: The Laws of Chess - Ianbrownlee - 17-10-2013 so am I right in assuming not only have the phones to be switched off but not in the playing venue at all and there is no leeway for the arbiter. Do the rules also cover any electronic equipment (for example in my shoes..) P.S. Andy if I see rubber gloves in your case I'm off+! Re: The Laws of Chess - JRedpath - 17-10-2013 Good in theory to ban phones from playing area, but just unworkable in practice as has been said many times before. Where are players meant to leave their phones during games? |