Author: James Robertson
Date: 16:27:01 09/14/98
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On September 14, 1998 at 17:17:55, Will Singleton wrote: >PREFACE > >The Laws of Chess cannot cover all possible situations that may arise >during a game, nor can they regulate all administrative questions. Where >cases are not precisely regulated by an Article of the Laws, it should >be possible to reach a correct decision by studying analogous situations >which are discussed in the Laws. The Laws assume that arbiters have the >necessary competence, sound judgement and absolute objectivity. Too >detailed a rule might deprive the arbiter of his freedom of judgement >and thus prevent him from finding the solution to a problem dictated by >fairness, logic and special factors. > >FIDE appeals to all chess players and federations to accept this view. I don't like that "special factors" part! James
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