I was thinking about this when I read another thread…
How would a TD would declare a game in which the players (being young), are not pushing the clock (or not using a clock), and neither player really understands how to mate the other (and oblivious to the fact one of the player’s time flag had long fallen, if using a clock.)
I haven’t helped a sholastic tournament in at least 15 years, back in my college days, (and haven’t read the official rulebook in nearly as long).
-I mostly play online chess, btw. Occassionally I’ll trek to a larger city for some weekend OTB chess.
I know, I keep telling myself to get a current copy of the rule book, but somehow it keeps getting pushed to the “I’ll get to that later” pile of things to do.
Assuming this isn’t a rated game, I would probably declare the game a draw. If it was a rated game I would consider moving them both to a non-rated section.
I was once working at a scholastic tournament where a player with King and Rook versus King did not know how to mate. Eventually the two players came up to me and asked “Can we finish the game?” I simply told them that at any time during a game two players can agree to a draw. I think you can guess what happened next.
