Question on Junior Tournament Playoff

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  • Question on Junior Tournament Playoff

    Would like to know how to deal with this situation or any specific rule... appreciate all comments.

    In one of a local junior chess tournament we have blitz playoff of three way tie-break. Before play-off players were advised by TD of rule of blitz especially on the illegal move would cause sudden death on call out. The TD is a volunteer parent has limited experience only.

    Please A vs Player B
    • Player B made an illegal move of castling in check
    • Player A did not claim the illegal move immediately but a bystander (who was one of the tournament players but not in the three players of the playoff) called it out
    • The bystander was advised not to speak during the game in play immediately by TD and TD mentioned the situation has to be claimed by the player
    • Player A felt since the he did not call it out right away and a bystander already did it, he did not think it's fair for his opponent. Player A hence did not pursue the claim to TD
    • The game continued with no change on the illegal move situation and turned out Player B won the playoff in the end


    Questions:
    • In this situation can TD call out the illegal by himself/herself and announce A the winner?
    • If player A still pursued the claim to TD on the illegal move even he/she did not notice it initially and was alerted by the bystander's call out, what would be the outcome?
    • Can player B protest on if player A still pursued the claim to TD based on the bystander's reminder? what would be the outcome then?
    • Is there any rule that the bystander should be disqualified from the tournament?
    • Any chess rule/law can support the decision been made?
    Last edited by Charles Huang; Monday, 17th February, 2014, 04:26 PM.
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