Rules Commission Councillors’ Meeting 19-22 July 2016 – Warsaw, Poland Polish Chess Federation Office Present: Ashot Vardapetyan, Chairman (ARM), Tomasz Delega, Secretary (POL), Franca Dapiran (ITA), Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh (IRI), Stewart Reuben (ENG) Minutes 1. Chairman’s remarks and welcome The Chairman Ashot Vardapetyan welcomed the Councillors to Poland. The Secretary Tomasz Delega, President of Polish Chess […]
FIDE Laws of Chess – Changes in effect from 1st July
The FIDE Rules Commission website has the final version of the FIDE Laws of Chess that take effect from 1 July 2014. These rules are to be used for all tournaments starting on or after 1 July 2014. The new Laws of Chess can be download from the FIDE Handbook. The players, arbiters, trainers and […]
Good chess rules
I just read the following on the internet. I thought it is pretty good so I am sharing it with everyone. This sounds like something Magnus Carlsen knows very well 🙂 Chess psychology can be distilled to two simple rules: – Don’t ever be afraid of your opponent – Fight as hard as you can […]
Laws of Chess
Proposed changes to the Laws of Chess will be further discussed at the EB in Tallinn in October 2013 to be implemented in 2014. There will be no changed to the Laws of Chess at 1st July 2013. www.chessdailynews.com Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Proposed rule change regarding draw offers
In the past, many grandmasters, including me, have taken advantage of short draws from time to time (as the rule allowed), to gain extra rest or for other strategic reasons. Until the rule is officially changed, I do not expect too many players to force themselves to play out every game. No rule is full […]
Disputes and decisions
Disputes and decisionsCHESS BY QUAH SENG SUN Functions of an appeals committee at a chess meet. GETTING appointed to an appeals committee at a big chess tournament may seem like an important recognition for a player. But in reality, it is a thankless job. You may think, “Wow, I’m being recognised by my peers,” but […]
The Laws of Chess
Commentary on the Laws of ChessSecond expanded edition of the book by IA, FM and IO Mihajlo SavicPresented by Chessdom The second expanded edition of the book “Commentary on the Laws of Chess” by IA, FM and IO Mihajlo Savic is out of print. With 304 pages, this edition is almost three times larger than […]
Breaking the rules
Breaking all the rules…By B ComberPosted on » Wednesday, July 28, 2010 Rule-breaking and cheating are all very well in their way, but where is the fun when they are incorporated into the rules… Chess: Too many top-class games end in draws. These can be resolved by penalty shoot-outs played under the rules of flick […]
Zero Tolerance Rule
Zero Tolerance Rule Following representation by the Association of Chess Professionals, the Presidential Board in Sofia confirmed their previous decision that Organisers of events where the zero tolerance rule was in operation should be obliged to provide participants with the best conditions in order that they can respect the rule. For events with more than […]
Zero default issue
Petition from chess players at the 11th EICC in RijekaThe zero default time questioned againReport by Chessdom The participants of the European Individual Men and Women’s Chess Championsh in Rijeka have submitted a petition to the Organizing committee and the ECU President Boris Kutin in which they request changing the delay tolerance from 0 to […]