I don’t think this is correct.
1 Like
I don’t understand the logic here. Can you explain further?
Do you want the dungeon master to only know the rules? Only an elite number should know the rules. Why doesn’t FIDE make a book of its rules for everyone, why doesn’t the USCF write a book of rules that is easier to understand. Zero pt bye can be argued on the basis that the clock could be warping the game.
That would give an incentive to a player that is out of the running for a prize and paired against a lower-rated player to resign in a drawn but unlosable position, as a way of avoiding a loss of rating points. Also, norm events can be messed up by players opting to resign in such positions to harm an opponent’s norm eligibility.
I’m not being facetious, good point, thank you.
You can think of it in two ways; one gang up and bully or two there’s an intervention to happen.
The following link from a FIDE rules commission member addresses this.
At no point does any rule say that a disputed result should be converted to a bye, whether 0-point, half-point, or full point. The TD must rule on which rated result (win, loss, or draw) is correct.
Bill Smythe
1 Like
I appreciate that. That would be the way, but with the rulebook you can contest the rules.
Anybody can contest the rules and argue against them. Irrelevant arguments can be quickly dismissed and ruled against while valid arguments can be considered and might result in a change in the ruling that a TD made.
Both FIDE and US Chess make rules changes on a regular basis and rulebooks already printed will not have those changes, so until there is a reprinting with the new changes the rulebooks will need to be supplemented by information about the rules changes that were not yet included (had not yet occurred) at the time of printed.
For US Chess there is a page 7th Edition Rule Book Free Chapters: Updated For 2023 | US Chess.org that has links to updates that occurred since editions of the rulebook were printed, thus allowing a TD to print the rules updates at any time and not needing to get a new copy. For that matter, most of the rules (excluding things like the round robin tables and the ethics chapter in the US Chess rulebook) can be freely downloaded for both US Chess and FIDE.
Point is the rules are for everyone even the spectator. Some people can access a computer, others cannot. Putting out loose leafs mean a certain population gets all the rules as when voted in. All players are allowed a hard copy to be equal before the game even begins. It used to be you bring your own rulebook and it could be held against you in time of argument 'no book, no point for a win. Scoring would turn into the different byes as 1, 0, 1/2.
I’ve only been directing for four decades and playing rated chess for five decades (in two weeks I will be working my 64th national championship tournament). I don’t remember any rated tournament where players in general brought their own rulebook (only a scant few do so today), let alone having their rulebook held against them. If you are talking about non-USChess-rated events then that is irrelevant to this forum.
2 Likes
You may be right that a scant few bring their own rulebook, but in my neighborhood, they teach kids how to read one. I’m not too hooked on kids participating in adult tournaments but if you get one of these smarty-pants, even if you lose the game, it can be refreshing to hold an intelligible conversation w/ them. When that happens sure kids on a small scale be in an adult tournament.
FIDE publishes the Laws of Chess for free on their website. Additionally, nearly every FIDE regulation is available for free at the FIDE Handbook website -https://handbook.fide.com.
I would still think that FIDE would have a hard copy available. What’s on the internet is just a back up.
As an Arbiter, I bring a hard copy of the FIDE Arbiters’ Manual with me to tournaments. However, since it hasn’t been updated in a while, I will typically defer to the FIDE Manual online for the newest, most relevant information.
Mr. Reed,
Thank you. I’m just having my own difficulties w/ FIDE for what was promised to me. Thanks again for the update.
Bernard Wojnowski
I have a printed 2022 Arbiters Manual