David Richerby wrote:
Taylor Kingston wrote:
can you tell me, is there any penalty for a false announce ment of
check?

Well, of course, there's no requirement to announce check or,
indeed, say anything to one's opponent except to adjust a piece,
resign or offer a draw. The only relevant law that I can see is law
12.6: `It is forbidden to distract or annoy the opponent in any
manner whatsoever. This includes unreasonable claims or
unreasonable offers of a draw.'

'Scuse the self-follow-up.

What I forgot to say is that, since even a truthful announcemement of
check could be taken as a distraction to the opponent (and, particu-
larly, the other players), the sanctions I described could also be
applied in that case, too. Again, I imagine a warning would be
sufficient in all cases, except where the offender is being deliber-
ately disruptive, in which case expulsion would seem to be the only
option.


Dave.

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