Should Arbiters Be Paid With Tips? - Page 3 - OzChess

**Just2Good** · 07-09-2010, 10:16 PM

Originally Posted by antichrist

throw in some knocked over pieces, pieces deliberately left off the board, pawn promotions captured with imaginary pieces, pieces placed back at random - you name it. All with moves not being recorded. I have seen it.

Also seen 2 kings checking each other for a few moves.

I ONCE MOVED MY KING INTO CHECK DELIBERATELY TO SEE IF MY OPPONENT WOULD OBJECT, AND ALSO BECAUSE THE POSITION REQUIRED IT OR I WOULD HAVE HAD A BAD POSITION AND LOST THE GAME. THANKFULLY, IF HE DID SEE IT, THEN HE SAID NOTHING. HE PLAYED HIS MOVE, I THEN MOVEd MY KING OUT OF CHECK AND SO THE BOARD WAS RETURNED TO A STATE OF VALIDITY.

BUT ALL OF THIS ASIDE, THE POINT SEEMS TO BE THAT ARBITERS - WHO HOPEFULLY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING - ARE IMPORTANT. THEN THERE ARE SOME NOT SO GOOD ARBITERS, WHO SHOULD PROBABLY BE THROWN UNDER THE BUS FOR THE GOOD OF EVERYONE.

**Ehm TO** · 07-10-2010, 03:45 AM

NOw that you put it that way it makes much more sense. I didn't think that people would not know the rules, but, I guess it isn't much different from golf in that it seems pretty simple but sometimes certain situations arise that need consultation of the rules.

**Pablito15** · 07-10-2010, 11:26 AM

Open fly gambit... genius. Certainly takes the leg work out of finding an opening novelty. Can't refute that...

**Iconoclast** · 07-10-2010, 12:03 PM

Originally Posted by Pablito15

Open fly gambit... genius. ... Can't refute that...

I could try to blow it off the board.

07-09-2010, 10:16 PM	#31 (permalink)
Just2Good Tin Cup Champ 2004 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Cairns Posts: 6,056 ICC Handle: Advantage FICS Handle: Advantage	The Need For Arbiters Originally Posted by antichrist throw in some knocked over pieces, pieces deliberately left off the board, pawn promotions captured with imaginary pieces, pieces placed back at random - you name it. All with moves not being recorded. I have seen it. Also seen 2 kings checking each other for a few moves. I ONCE MOVED MY KING INTO CHECK DELIBERATELY TO SEE IF MY OPPONENT WOULD OBJECT, AND ALSO BECAUSE THE POSITION REQUIRED IT OR I WOULD HAVE HAD A BAD POSITION AND LOST THE GAME. THANKFULLY, IF HE DID SEE IT, THEN HE SAID NOTHING. HE PLAYED HIS MOVE, I THEN MOVEd MY KING OUT OF CHECK AND SO THE BOARD WAS RETURNED TO A STATE OF VALIDITY. BUT ALL OF THIS ASIDE, THE POINT SEEMS TO BE THAT ARBITERS - WHO HOPEFULLY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING - ARE IMPORTANT. THEN THERE ARE SOME NOT SO GOOD ARBITERS, WHO SHOULD PROBABLY BE THROWN UNDER THE BUS FOR THE GOOD OF EVERYONE. __________________ . "You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete." ~ Buckminster Fuller ~

07-10-2010, 11:26 AM	#33 (permalink)
Pablito15 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 618	Open fly gambit... genius. Certainly takes the leg work out of finding an opening novelty. Can't refute that... __________________ My Blog!

07-10-2010, 12:03 PM	#34 (permalink)
Iconoclast Immoderator Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Wollongong NSW Posts: 2,302	Originally Posted by Pablito15 Open fly gambit... genius. ... Can't refute that... I could try to blow it off the board. __________________ The individual is hopeless without the group. The group is hopeless without its individuals.

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07-10-2010, 03:45 AM	#32 (permalink)
Ehm TO Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 314	NOw that you put it that way it makes much more sense. I didn't think that people would not know the rules, but, I guess it isn't much different from golf in that it seems pretty simple but sometimes certain situations arise that need consultation of the rules.