Guy Macon wrote:
As David Richerby pointed out, my second suggestion is
already allowed under the current FIDE rules

Article 11.1
"Unless announced otherwise in advance, a player who wins
his game, or wins by forfeit, scores one point (1), a player
who loses his game, or forfeits scores no points (0) and a
player who draws his game scores a half point (1/2)."

This makes my suggested rules change moot, so I withdraw the suggestiom
So there's no reason you can't run a
FIDE-rules tournament with any scoring rules you want, as long as you
tell the players in advance.

This leaves me with:

Guy Macon's suggested changes to USCF rules

Have the USCF adopt sections 1 through 5 of the FIDE
laws of chess and abandon the present USCF rules that cover
the same areas.

Optional: adopt the FIDE rules for chess clocks, with the
bits about the arbiter cahnged to reflect USCF practice.)

Reference:

[ http://www.fide.com/official/handbook.asp?level=EE101 ]

Having two sets of rules with different wording that are
almost identical is silly, and the FIDE rules are better
written. There are good reasons for differing rules to
run the very different kinds of tournaments found in the US,
but the basic rules for playing the game of chess should be
the same everywhere.

Just out of curiosity, how does one propose such a change
for consideration by the USCF?



One makes a motion on the floor of the annual Delegate's Meeting.
If you aren't a Delegate - find one (start with the one who represents
you - if you are a USCF member).

If you (or your Delegate) make the motion early enough to qualify as an
Advance Delegate Motion, then your motion will be considered at the
Rules Workshop.

Best bet is your motion would be referred by the Delegates to the Rules
Committee for study.

Good luck.

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