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Subject: Re: To take or not to take?

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 20:11:45 11/23/99

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On November 21, 1999 at 09:42:07, Albert Silver wrote:

>On November 20, 1999 at 19:19:11, David Amatulli wrote:
>
>>   I live in NY, and when I go down to the Washington Square Park the rules to
>>Blitz chess is you don't call check and if you opponent doesn't move the King
>>you can take it to end the game, and I've also read this in another chess book
>>which I don't recall the name. I've never checked it in the USCF rule book
>>though. My question is if the rule is true how come the ICC doesn't use this
>>rule and chess programs don't follow it either?
>>
>>-Dave
>
>One addendum: if your opponent has not pressed the clock and has made an illegal
>move, he/she can take it back, regardless of whether or not they have let go of
>the piece. This proviso is only true if they have not pressed the clock.
>
>                                Albert Silver

Isn't blitz touch-move?  What do FIDE and WBCA rules say?

Dave



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