06-10-2012, 11:43 AM
I would like to thank Alex for his reply and advice. I should have continued normally and that is what I will do if I am in this situation again but I hope all arbiters take up the suggestion of changing to a Fischer (or other incremental) time control in this situation: as it was we were using digital clocks so the arbiter could have changed to Fischer time control if he had so wished. I think that if I blundered and lost in that situation then it should count as a loss because claiming a draw counts as a draw offer and continuing must count as a refusal of that offer: that is only my opinion - I am not an arbiter and don't know what the rules are on this.
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