Rule 15A changes and Draw Offers

Running Chess Tournaments
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In researching my draw question of last week, I came across a puzzler with regard to the new rule 15A and making certain draw claims. To claim a draw for triple occurenc of position, the player is instructed to write the move down but not make the move.

This would seems a clear violation of new rule15 A: “The player must first make the move, and then record it on the score sheet”.

What’s the procedure here?

2

This was discussed in an earlier topic.

Try using the “search” option at the top of this forum. I used it to search for “15A AND draw.” I came up with several hits including:
uschess.org/forums/viewtopic … &start=120

Tim

3

Thanks for the quick reply. It was buried in there, but I see now that draw claims are considered an exception to rule 15A.

Thanks,
Randy

4

As I recall, the revisions to rule 15A were to become effective on January 1st. Is there some place on the website that explains the new rule? There is a brief mention in a TD Corner article and an essay by Macauley Peterson that discusses some individual’s opinion of the new rule, but I can’t find an ‘official’ announcement on either the old or new websites.

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  It's probablly next to the part about your December rating not being valid in January.