03-11-2019, 10:47 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-11-2019, 10:57 PM by donaldheron.)
After my morning game at SNCL and my opponent had left I started to play a few moves- I would not have been long but a blue meanie arbiter pounced and said I was breaking FIDE rules. I asked who had complained, what harm (I was quiet)? Rules are rules! Maybe it is time to stop voting for FIDE rated tournaments. I almost lost my jacket because of that arbiter - I was so upset. If I had disturbed someone else then I would accept that I was wrong but no one was disturbed. If we are going to be so strict then it should apply to organisers and arbiters as well - Blackpool does not comply with FIDE standard height of tables as I have pointed out to them. Rule 11.3.1 does not ban analysis after play but only during play on another board. Note that rule 12.2 © states that it is the arbiters duty to maintain a good playing environment and this has already been defined by FIDE to inclide table height, space betwwen tables and lighting etc.
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