Harold Buck wrote in message .. .
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(Nick) wrote:
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As far as I can recall hearing, someone (presumably an American) wrote a
response, citing the USCF handbook as the authority on the matter, to a
question about "the laws of chess" as played somewhere outside the United
States. That response was well-meaning but not particularly helpful.

Anyway, too much has been snipped here for me to know if that's relevant
to the USCF vs. Laws of Chess argument here, but it's possible citing
the USCF rules was relevant in context.

Mr. Buck,

Sorry, I don't recall all the details of that discussion.

I don't practise as an official tournament director, and I did not attempt
to remember everything exactly as it was discussed. And I don't have a USCF
handbook, so I cannot comment on it. As far as I can recall, however, I
doubt that "citing the USCF rules was relevant" to the original question.
My impression was that someone else then dismissed that response as naive
and not particularly helpful.

--Nick