I just bought a brand new Rulebook 7th Edition and it is maybe the fourth printing of this edition and it was sold w/ an addendum sheet of white home printing paper that is easy to lose since being a loose leaf. I understand why you’re hosting tournaments, people for whatever reasons want to show up and celebrate chess. Originally w/ rulebooks the pages are attached to the spine because anybody could make a printout from a home printer. What this means is anything goes for rule. It was in the rules in editions previous that all rules were to be bound to the book and loose leaf’s meant nothing except aid the Tournament Director to clarify the rules. All this means to me is that when we go to a tournament it’s officiated by feelings. Just like a contract a rulebook can be scrutinized and not adhered to due to if the rules are not part of the original writing. Sending a loose leaf could nullify the contract of the book or contract. I basically bought a rulebook that has been voided. Good money is spent on chess tournaments, this has consequences even at municipal courthouses. So if there is a serious debate about the rules you have to go to arbitration where that’s illegal too since rulebooks are also there for public safety. I can rant more but what’s the point, Tim Just edited an incoherent rulebook anyway.
Rulebook is NOT loose leaf.
No there is a loose leaf of rules that comes with the Rulebook. I just bought the Rulebook, it comes w/ a loose leaf.
Looseleaf addenda have been used for quite some time in any publication that has updates between printings. If it bothers you, you could use one of the electronic editions which receive updates folded into the main document as they are published.
Separately, your references to contracts or courthouses are misguided as legal books have come with looseleaf addenda on monthly or quarterly bases for decades.
They sent everything to Rhode Island for Superior Court & Providence. If you check earlier Volumes of the rules you go by a book. Someone buys a rulebook and someone else buys a rulebook and their rules should match in both books. Not someone’s Edition 7 is its third printing while somebody else has a sixth printing of Edition 7 w/ addenda (Thank you for proper spelling) in loose leaf, forget this, if you want to play Michael Creighden’s way, where your allowed to bring electronics and ear pieces to tournaments holding slovenly habits, you can play w/ a Robert Parish and the rules (what rules?) are thrown out the window, it goes to ooga booga who can physically intimidate and pummel you then tell me how do you want to stand up for yourself; three books (TD’s, yours and opponents) should be written the same that way you know where you stand on the favor list. Something like that. Apparently, The Tap’n Set is here to stay, fine. Looks like everybody wants a woodchuck. Have fun.
previous editions had rule updates after the original printing but before the next printed revision came out.
I appreciate it. It’s a moot point anyway, because of The Tap 'n Set being chosen for the official clock of US Chess.
I don’t get the relevance of this comment.“Offical Clock” is essentially an honorary title. It has no official tournament meaning.
Regarding books: Books of all sorts have addenda. It happens. It’s too expensive to have a limited reprinting of a book, so an addendum is printed and placed inside. US Chess actually makes updates available online. Alternatively if one purchases the electronic rulebook from say Amazon, one can redownload it with the updates when they occur until the next edition comes out - a new edition would require a new purchase.
I prefer e-books anyway. I can store them on my computer and carry them with me. I have 1,200+ chess books on my tablet computer.
Woj, there are numerous errors in you post.
1 ) The clock in use is Black’s choice unless Black’s clock is unable to handle the time control settings. In my 40+ years as a TD, 20+ as an NTD, I’ve never met anybody trying to claim that they can use an official clock, and all of the attempts I’ve heard of have been denied by TDs.
2 ) Rules are updated on an annual basis, not a monthly basis, and there might not be any rule changes done at the annual delegates’ meeting.
3 ) Electronic copies of the rulebook are just as valid as paper copies (more valid if the paper copies don’t have an addendum of rules changed since publishing. Electronic copies or plane tickets or legal contracts, etc. are integrated into the culture and trying to say that they are invalid is an error. By the way, the updates ARE published, just done so electronically on the US Chess website.
4 ) Saying that people do not question rulings indicates a disconnect to what happens in major tournaments. When that happens it can be useful to have a paper copy to refer to, but it can be even more useful to have an electronic copy that is much more easily searchable. I’m pretty fast at finding the applicable passages if I need to show somebody rules in my paper copy but the electronic search capability allows newer TD to quickly find the rules they need. Otherwise there is a risk of creating a barrier to enhancing the effectiveness of newer TDs that will eventually have to replace those of us that are already senior citizens. And a good search may find a rule in 5 seconds in an electronic rulebook while the mere manipulation of the pages in the index and main body might take me 15 seconds for the same rule (or 5 seconds for the ones I’ve used often enough to memorize the rule number).
5 ) TDs are already required to have a rulebook available at rated events (could be paper, could be electronic). Players may also have one. Any cheating attempts that you refer to were already subject to TDs using the rulebook to foil them.
6 ) Ridiculous arguments (such as those about limiting moves that can be played) undercut any other arguments by having readers group them in with the clearly ridiculous ones.
I fully agree. I also don’t understand the comments at the end of the post about limited opening moves, or a dance that needs to be played? I didn’t even get the reference, did you?
Obviously what rulebook are you given to be so well prepared in a discussion. Rulebooks in hard copy (Bound pages) are needed if you want to prove lifting the clock has been occurring. There are real laws against lifting the clock not just US Chess Federation. Even our beloved USA Senate has rules of procedure that doesn’t permit for L.T.C. when in session. To warp time to incapacitate the human mind is sadistic. I have already proven this with various clocks like everybody’s Tap 'n Set. It’s easy to try and quiet me through administration, but let it be known I w/ Uta Pipig (yes the World Class Marathoner) proved for a tournament’s competitive fairness the RuleBOOK is supposed to be present for lots of reasons. If you think you can can just digitize the rules on a screen. Then just go strictly by the mechanical game. There’s only one opening placement that guarantees white a win (1. e3 …)****