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cathexis God Member Offline No matter where you go, there you are. Posts: 661 Location: Stafford, Virginia USA Joined: 03/03/20 Gender:	Re: An Odd and Unimportant Question Reply #2 - 04/30/21 at 03:15:15	Post Tools	Print Post
	Shoulda guessed I could've looked it up there! I have read that in I.T. support they have two acronyms: RTM (Read The Manual) and RTFM (uh, yeah). OK, 7th Ed. Should be on the stoop by Saturday. I thank you.


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an ordinary chessplayer God Member Offline I used to be not bad. Posts: 1807 Location: Columbus, OH (USA) Joined: 01/02/15	Re: An Odd and Unimportant Question Reply #1 - 04/30/21 at 00:25:04	Post Tools	Print Post
	Quote: 8F7. Promoted piece not available. If the desired piece is not available to replace a promoted pawn, the player may stop both clocks in order to locate that piece and place it on the board. A player who cannot quickly find such a piece may request the assistance of the director. It is common practice, however, to play using an upside-down rook for a second queen. In the absence of the player’s announcement to the contrary, an upside-down rook shall be considered a queen. It is improper to press the clock to start the opponent’s time with the pawn still on the last rank. If this is done, the opponent may immediately restart the player’s clock without moving. As soon as the new piece is placed on the board, either player should restart the clock. --http://www.uschess.org/docs/gov/chessrules/US_Chess_Rule_Book-Online_Only_Editio... When it says you "may" stop the clocks to locate the piece, it stands to reason you should, since otherwise your clock will continue to run. The late Robert Feldstein was infamous for promoting all his pawns to knights if his opponent did not resign. Then he would maneuver them all to his own first rank before setting out on the checkmate rampage. Once he approached me asking to borrow a knight. I said no. Even though my own game was finished, I did want to go home before midnight. Since all he did was play chess, there's no reason why he couldn't have had a collection of knights in his bag for such games. I think making other players wait around for their knights was part of the entertainment for him. It's probably a good idea to read up on the rules before you play rated chess. Maybe even buy the rulebook!? I know many players just learn the rules by playing/osmosis/whatever, but if you think of how many hours are spent on openings, reading the rulebook seems like a reasonable time investment to save a few half points here and there. http://www.uschess.org/index.php/Official-Rules/US-Chess-Rulebook-The-Official-R...


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cathexis God Member Offline No matter where you go, there you are. Posts: 661 Location: Stafford, Virginia USA Joined: 03/03/20 Gender:	An Odd and Unimportant Question 04/29/21 at 23:44:52	Post Tools	Print Post
	Due to COVID, all clubs in my area have been shut down to in-person meetings for over a year. But I didn't begin serious study until just before that happened and so I've yet to join a club. Expect to in May though. Today a question popped into my head but I really didn't know the answer: If I'm in a formal In-person OTB Tournament game and one of my pawns reaches the 8th rank and I decide to promote to a knight, BUT both my knights are still on the board - Do we just "pretend" the pawn is now a knight? Are the tournament organizers expected to come up with a spare knight for me? Or am I suppose to bring my own? Many people carry a spare queen of each color (and you can buy sets like that, I have two), but what about the spare knight? Just Curious, Cathexis P.S. Or spare rook or bishop, for that matter? (It could happen!)


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