Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 12:44:33 05/17/00
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On May 17, 2000 at 14:23:11, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote: >On May 17, 2000 at 09:45:16, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On May 17, 2000 at 05:10:09, Francesco Di Tolla wrote: >> >>>On May 16, 2000 at 21:34:56, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>>The rules don't say when you may offer a draw. >>> >>>Apparently FIDE has special rules about computer that say that it is the program >>>that must ask the draw, not the operator spontanously: I would like to know if >>>the program did it or not before to answer. But I strongly doubt Fritz would >>>offer draw thinking to speculate/not speculate on the opponents zitenot. >>> >>>Some also say that this tournaments ignores that part of FIDE rules. >>> >>> >>>>repeatedly offer a draw to intentionally distract/confuse your opponent. >>> >>>No again: also doing it in the "worng way" is not correct. 9 explicitly states >>>that one must not disturb referring to article 12 >> >> >>I see no "disturbing" here. The rules allow a draw offer at any point, so long >>as it is made on the clock of the player offering the draw. But even if it >>is not offered correctly, a single draw offer is not cause for any sanction, > > Of course it causes a sanction. Under current rules, the opponent gets a two >minutes bonus on her/his clock. >José. > OK... 2 more minutes. Had it happened on the wrong clock. Is that _anywhere_ near claiming a win due to the distraction? I think not... >>because one is not considered significant disturbance. Repeated offers on the >>opponent's clock would be cause for sanctions of course... but not just one. >> >[snip]
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