Jul-12-05
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| Knight13: 24. a3? A unreasonable sacrifice that does N-O-T-H-I-N-G. |
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Jul-12-05
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| Eric Schiller: There is a funny story about this game. As usual, Hanken kept score in descriptive notation. In a FIDE-rated event this should not have been allowed, but he did it anyway. As usual, he got into deep time pressure. After the time control was reached, he requested my scoresheet so that he could fill in missing moves. But he was in for a surprise: I was keeping score in algebraic, but in Cambodian (Khmer) script (as a sort of protest against his refusal to follow the rules, and in anticipation of this very situation)! I did translate the scoresheet for the bulletin editor, and the game found its way into databases, but the look on his face when he saw my scoresheet was priceless. He hadn't noticed earlier because my handwriting was a bit messy, though arguably "legible", and the square designations were normal roman script.
The USCF rarely enforces its own rule that a scoresheet must be "legible" to claim draws or time forfeits. It is one of the stupidest USCF rules (FIDE has no such nonsense), but in USCF events, technically if your opponent has bad handwriting you can never lose on time! |
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Jul-12-05
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| Knight13: <Mr. Schiller: The USCF rarely enforces its own rule that a scoresheet must be "legible" to claim draws or time forfeits. It is one of the stupidest USCF rules (FIDE has no such nonsense), but in USCF events, technically if your opponent has bad handwriting you can never lose on time!> LOL! I guess that rule is terminated. I don't see anybody doing that right now. If that's the rule, then next time when I take notations I will write it in a very BAD handwriting that only I CAN read so my time'll keep running. One of the stupidest USCF rule indeed! |
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| howardtheduck: <Eric Schiller>
Very funny thing to do... That's one thing i like about chess:
As serious as it can become, it is still a game and having fun while learning and playing is pricesless |
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Nov-17-05
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| OhioChessFan: No doubt, <Knight13> White simply gives a pawn away. Did he miss the reply b6? |
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