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Subject: Re: Touch move or not ?

Author: Wayne Lowrance

Date: 21:46:50 07/09/04

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On July 09, 2004 at 15:54:42, Mark R. Anderson wrote:

>On July 09, 2004 at 14:38:56, steven blincoe wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>>in a OTB move with my neighbor I put my hand over a piece to move, I had not
>>>touched it but I had second thoughts, in removing my hand I accidently touched
>>>the piece. We had a big beef over this. Should I have been forced to make the
>>>move.....Thank You
>>>Wayne
>>>P>S> we play touch move
>>
>>it depend who you are
>>if you are Kasparov..you can pick up a knight..look around the board..
>>place it back down and move another piece
>>
>>for the rest of us..the move must be made
>>
>>but i must say...one of my finest moves ever..was when i accidently touched a
>>piece and was now forced to move it
>>i searched and searched and finally discovered a mate in three
>>:))
>>
>>Best
>>Steve
>
>Steve,
>
>That's funny.  It reminds me of one time when I was fishing with a friend, and
>my line & lure went over a tree branch at the edge of the lake.  He laughed at
>me, so I pretended that it was on purpose and slowly lowered the lure until it
>just touched the surface of the water.  Then, I jiggled the lure, and a big fish
>snapped it up!  He looked at me and said, "So, now I suppose you're going to
>claim that was on purpose?"  I just gave him a big grin and didn't say anything,
>enjoying bringing my big fish in the boat.  Whatever works, huh?
>
>By the way, I agree with Fernando that the guy was being a jerk.  In an offhand
>game, to be so hard-assed is just plain ridiculous and anti-social.  My guess is
>that, in time, nobody will want to play with him.
>
>Mark

Thank you all for response. for the record I resigned and we have not played
since. I do not blame, him he wins about 1 out of 10 games from me  :) We should
not be playing touch move anyhow in a friendly game. I should have not made a
fuss over it so I feel badly about the whole incident.
Thanks
Wayne




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