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Subject: Re: Is this legal ?

Author: John Merlino

Date: 17:56:10 07/01/05

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On July 01, 2005 at 07:37:48, Igor Gorelikov wrote:

>From FIDE Laws of Chess:
>
>"10.2 If the player, having the move, has less than two minutes left
>on his clock, he may claim a draw before his flag falls. He shall
>stop the clocks and summon the arbiter.
>  If the arbiter agrees the opponent is making no effort to win the
>  game by normal means, or that it is not possible to win by normal
>  means, then he shall declare the game drawn. Otherwise he shall
>  postpone his decision or reject the claim."
>
>In a normal tournament game it should be a draw.
>
>Igor Gorelikov

That's only if he had claimed the draw BEFORE HIS FLAG FELL, which he did not.

jm



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