18-05-2012, 12:40 AM
Donald: Thanks for this. Excellent to know we made the right decision - and that I was also correct to say to the other team's parent helper that it was up to the players to point out a flagfall in a rapidplay game (which is why we weren't watching).
Andrew: The player in question is a lovely, scrupulously honest, child for whom fairness and the correct result is more important than winning.
It also made me recall this game, with an interesting final position where black has lost on move 40 despite being a pawn up in an ending:
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Apparently black successfully made the time control on move 40 and pressed his clock with the flag still up. When Mickey was thinking about his own 41st move, the guy got up to go for a walk, bumped the table and black's flag fell before Mickey had replied.
Andrew: The player in question is a lovely, scrupulously honest, child for whom fairness and the correct result is more important than winning.
It also made me recall this game, with an interesting final position where black has lost on move 40 despite being a pawn up in an ending:
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Apparently black successfully made the time control on move 40 and pressed his clock with the flag still up. When Mickey was thinking about his own 41st move, the guy got up to go for a walk, bumped the table and black's flag fell before Mickey had replied.
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"Heather's clever book" - as plugged by the Rampant Chess team.
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"Heather's clever book" - as plugged by the Rampant Chess team.
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