Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 10:32:42 10/02/05
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On October 02, 2005 at 13:21:15, Mike Byrne wrote: >as i indicated , it has not been US/Fide rule sicne at least 1972. > >From a google search, I discovered that some Candaian chess tournaments still >use that rule for schoolastic championshios etc. > >I'm not sure if any other countries have that rule - but if Canada has it, I >would think some other countres would have it too. > >best, >Michael It was also a rule at one time in the US, but it was removed a long time ago. As I understand it, players were claiming touch square violations when the opponent was simply sliding the piece and that is why the rule was changed. best, Michael
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