Re: Mississauga October Standard - October 19, 2014 ( Sunday )
FIDE RULES OF COMPETITION: http://www/fide.com/component/handbo...4&view=article
Article 4: The act of moving the pieces
4.1 Each move must be made with one hand only.
4.2 Provided that he first expresses his intention (for example by saying j’adoube or adjust), the player having the move may adjust one or more pieces on their squares.
4.3 Except as provided in Article 4.2, if the player having the move deliberately touches on the chessboard:
a. one or more of his own pieces, he must move the first piece touched which can be moved.
b. one or more of his opponent’s pieces, he must capture the first piece touched which can be captured.
c. one piece of each color, he must capture the opponent’s piece with his piece or. If it is illegal, move or capture the first piece touched which can be moved or captured. If it is unclear, whether the player’s own piece or his opponent’s was touched first, the player’s own piece shall be considered to have been touched before his opponent’s.
4.6 When, as a legal move or part of a legal move, a piece has been released on a square, it cannot be moved to another square on this move. The move is then considered to have been made.
Article 6: The chess clock
A.4.d.1. The flag is considered to have fallen when a player has made a claim to that effect. The arbiter shall refrain from signaling a flag fall, but he may do so if both flags have fallen.
2. To claim a win on time, the claimant must stop both clocks and notify the arbiter. For a claim to be successful, the claimant’s flag must remain up and his opponent’s flag down after the clock has been stopped.
3. If both flags have fallen as described in (1) and (2), the arbiter shall declare the game drawn.
Article 7: Irregularities
7.4.a If during a game it is found that an illegal move, including failing to meet the requirements of the
promotion or capturing the opponent’s king has been completed, the position immediately before the
irregularity shall be reinstated.
b. After the action taken under Article 7.4.a, for the first two illegal moves by a player, the arbiter shall
give two minutes extra time to his opponent’s in each instance, for the third illegal move by the same player, the arbiter shall declare the game lost by this player.
Article 8: The recording of the moves
8.1 In the course of the play each player is required to record his own moves and those of his opponent in the correct manner, move by move as clearly and legibly as possible in the score sheet prescribed for the competition. It is forbidden to write the moves in advance, unless the player is claiming a draw. A player may reply to his opponent’s move before recording it, if he so wishes, he must record his previous move before making another. Both players must record the offer of a draw on the score sheet.
8.4 If a player has less than five minutes left on his clock at some stage in a period and does not have additional time of 30 seconds or more added with each move, then for the remainder of the period he is not obliged to meet the requirements of Article 8.1.
Article 12: Conduct of the players
12.3.b Without the permission of the arbiter a player is forbidden to have mobile phone or other electronic means of communication in the playing venue, unless they are completely switched off. If any such device produces a sound, the player shall lose the game. The opponent shall win. The playing venue is defined as the playing area, rest rooms, refreshment area, area set aside for smoking and other placed designated by the arbiter.
Prizes and Trophies.
Prizes will be shared equally among players with similar number of points and trophies will be decided who gets the best tiebreak. Tiebreaks are as follows: 1. Head to head 2.Modified Median 3. Solkoff 4. Cumulative Score & 5. Opposition Cumulative Score.
FIDE RULES OF COMPETITION: http://www/fide.com/component/handbo...4&view=article
Article 4: The act of moving the pieces
4.1 Each move must be made with one hand only.
4.2 Provided that he first expresses his intention (for example by saying j’adoube or adjust), the player having the move may adjust one or more pieces on their squares.
4.3 Except as provided in Article 4.2, if the player having the move deliberately touches on the chessboard:
a. one or more of his own pieces, he must move the first piece touched which can be moved.
b. one or more of his opponent’s pieces, he must capture the first piece touched which can be captured.
c. one piece of each color, he must capture the opponent’s piece with his piece or. If it is illegal, move or capture the first piece touched which can be moved or captured. If it is unclear, whether the player’s own piece or his opponent’s was touched first, the player’s own piece shall be considered to have been touched before his opponent’s.
4.6 When, as a legal move or part of a legal move, a piece has been released on a square, it cannot be moved to another square on this move. The move is then considered to have been made.
Article 6: The chess clock
A.4.d.1. The flag is considered to have fallen when a player has made a claim to that effect. The arbiter shall refrain from signaling a flag fall, but he may do so if both flags have fallen.
2. To claim a win on time, the claimant must stop both clocks and notify the arbiter. For a claim to be successful, the claimant’s flag must remain up and his opponent’s flag down after the clock has been stopped.
3. If both flags have fallen as described in (1) and (2), the arbiter shall declare the game drawn.
Article 7: Irregularities
7.4.a If during a game it is found that an illegal move, including failing to meet the requirements of the
promotion or capturing the opponent’s king has been completed, the position immediately before the
irregularity shall be reinstated.
b. After the action taken under Article 7.4.a, for the first two illegal moves by a player, the arbiter shall
give two minutes extra time to his opponent’s in each instance, for the third illegal move by the same player, the arbiter shall declare the game lost by this player.
Article 8: The recording of the moves
8.1 In the course of the play each player is required to record his own moves and those of his opponent in the correct manner, move by move as clearly and legibly as possible in the score sheet prescribed for the competition. It is forbidden to write the moves in advance, unless the player is claiming a draw. A player may reply to his opponent’s move before recording it, if he so wishes, he must record his previous move before making another. Both players must record the offer of a draw on the score sheet.
8.4 If a player has less than five minutes left on his clock at some stage in a period and does not have additional time of 30 seconds or more added with each move, then for the remainder of the period he is not obliged to meet the requirements of Article 8.1.
Article 12: Conduct of the players
12.3.b Without the permission of the arbiter a player is forbidden to have mobile phone or other electronic means of communication in the playing venue, unless they are completely switched off. If any such device produces a sound, the player shall lose the game. The opponent shall win. The playing venue is defined as the playing area, rest rooms, refreshment area, area set aside for smoking and other placed designated by the arbiter.
Prizes and Trophies.
Prizes will be shared equally among players with similar number of points and trophies will be decided who gets the best tiebreak. Tiebreaks are as follows: 1. Head to head 2.Modified Median 3. Solkoff 4. Cumulative Score & 5. Opposition Cumulative Score.
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