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Subject: PLEASE URGENT HELP: RULES CLARIFICATION

Author: Valentina

Date: 23:54:47 04/17/03


I need urgent assistance in the following:

In the game (2 hrs each to the end) Whites-Blacks (mechanical clocks readings:
Whites about 5 sec, Blacks 1 min and about 5 sec), Blacks make illegal move
(leaving king under check). Whites stop both clocks and apply staying near chief
arbiter with 2 min claim due to p.7.4.b. But Blacks reply: "this isn't rapid
chess", arbiter sais: "yes, yes" and starts Blacks clocks to correct the illegal
move. In 3-5 moves Whites flag falls, Whites and Blacks sign 0:1 scoresheets,
and assistant arbiter immediately makes SwissPerfect98 pairings for the next 5th
(from 7) round. In this moment Whites' coach (it was girls tournament under 14
year old) asks arbiter why he didn't add 2 min due to p.7.4.b. Arbiter decides
to reinstall position before illegal move and to set up Whites clocks reading to
2 min and about 5 sec, leaving Blacks clocks reading unchanged (1 min). In about
15 moves game comes to position king+knight for both sides, in which Blacks
simply stop both clocks (with readings: Whites 1 and half min, Blacks half min).
Whites and Blacks sign 1/2 scoresheets, and arbiter makes new pairings for 5th
round based on draw result of this game. No appeals are made before 5th round
starts. After the last 7th round the tournament was closed with medals and
diplomas for winners. In a week after closing Blacks made written appeal
insisting on the 0:1 result of this game from 4th round based on 2 reasons: 1)
the result 0:1 was fixed, and pairings made; 2) when arbiter decided to
reinstall position, he should also add to Blacks several sec. CAN SUCH APPEAL BE
SATISFIED? PLEASE ANSWER CORRESPONDING TO THE FIDE RULES.



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