Author: Telmo C. Escobar
Date: 18:04:52 10/03/05
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On October 02, 2005 at 15:49:27, Terry McCracken wrote: >On October 02, 2005 at 13:32:42, Mike Byrne wrote: > >>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 > >I knew it existed, but it appears to be mostly removed from the books today. >I'm not so sure this should have happened. > >IMO if a player clearly and intentionally touches the square, (ie the center) >with his piece he/she should be held accoutable for this action. > I agree with your observations, and I'd like even more: when a player moves a piece along a certain direction (for example, a rook along a file) he should not be allowed to return to the original square and then move it along a different direction (the rook along the rank, say). Currently there is apparently no rule about this, so often used to upset the adversary when he's in time trouble. Telmo >Thanks for looking into it Michael. I'm a bit out of date. Still the logic of my >arguement should stand IMO. > >Best, > Terry
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