In article ,
David Richerby wrote:

Chuck wrote:
While on the subject, is it in the rules anywhere that you have to
announce "En Passant" captures? I just got off the phone with a friend
who was insisting that you must announce all "En Passant" captures.

As gorkov43 says, the only times at which one must speak to one's opponent
in a game of chess is to offer or accept a draw, to resign or to give
notice that you're about to adjust the pieces. To that, one could add
speaking to the TD to raise issues about the game.


At lower levels, can you say "Touch move" to remind people that they
have to move a piece they've touched?

--Harold Buck


"I used to rock and roll all night,
and party every day.
Then it was every other day. . . ."
-Homer J. Simpson

John A Swartz wrote in
message ...
Many beginning chess books, especially ones aimed at young children,
almost make it sound as if the player is obligated to say "check".
Since the game otherwise passes with few words, many kids probably can't
resist the opportunity.

Sometimes I have played against inexperienced players who have acquired
deeply held but definitely unfounded beliefs about how chess must be played.
On a few occasions, I have made a checking move without announcing it, and
then I have been accused of cheating by my opponent, who initially had failed
to notice that he or she was in check. I have found it even more difficult to
convince those ignorant opponents that capturing 'en passant' is a legal move.

--Nick

"Harold Buck" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Bill Smythe" wrote:

"Cesar A. K. Grossmann" wrote:
.... Or another thing more funny: adding sound
effects to the moves. Can you imagine that? ....

I'm reminded of Bomb Chess. At the beginning of the game, each player
secretly designates one of his pieces as the Bomb. If a player captures
the
opponent's Bomb, he loses immediately.

Invariably, the player whose Bomb is captured waits for his opponent to
press the clock, then makes an exploding noise.

Incidentally, to make it a real game, it is necessary to outlaw making
the
Queen the Bomb. Too easy to get it forcibly captured. Of course, there
would be no point in designating your King as the Bomb, either.


Yeah, but MY king is "da bomb"!

--Harold Buck

C'mon, Harold. You can do better than that.

Lame. Oh, so very lame.

Wah, wah, waaaahhaahaaaaahahahahaaa.......

Regards,

Matt

In article ,
(Nick) wrote:

Sometimes I have played against inexperienced players who have acquired
deeply held but definitely unfounded beliefs about how chess must be played.
On a few occasions, I have made a checking move without announcing it, and
then I have been accused of cheating by my opponent, who initially had failed
to notice that he or she was in check. I have found it even more difficult to
convince those ignorant opponents that capturing 'en passant' is a legal move.

I remember playing a young woman in a hostel in scotland who was
convinced that she could draw if she could move her king back and forth
three times.

-Ron

In article ,
Ron wrote:

In article ,
(Nick) wrote:

Sometimes I have played against inexperienced players who have acquired
deeply held but definitely unfounded beliefs about how chess must be
played.
On a few occasions, I have made a checking move without announcing it, and
then I have been accused of cheating by my opponent, who initially had
failed
to notice that he or she was in check. I have found it even more difficult
to
convince those ignorant opponents that capturing 'en passant' is a legal
move.

I remember playing a young woman in a hostel in scotland who was
convinced that she could draw if she could move her king back and forth
three times.


She can! Well, sometimes, if it makes the position repeat 3 times with
the same player to move. Oh, and I guess she has to announce her
intention to claim the draw before she moves the king the last time.

But moving the king back and forth three times is not a sufficient
condition.

--Harold Buck


"I used to rock and roll all night,
and party every day.
Then it was every other day. . . ."
-Homer J. Simpson

In article ,
(Nick) wrote:

John A Swartz wrote in
message ...
Many beginning chess books, especially ones aimed at young children,
almost make it sound as if the player is obligated to say "check".
Since the game otherwise passes with few words, many kids probably can't
resist the opportunity.

Sometimes I have played against inexperienced players who have acquired
deeply held but definitely unfounded beliefs about how chess must be played.
On a few occasions, I have made a checking move without announcing it, and
then I have been accused of cheating by my opponent, who initially had failed
to notice that he or she was in check. I have found it even more difficult to
convince those ignorant opponents that capturing 'en passant' is a legal move.


What I usually do, if I forget to find out if they know about en passant
before the game, is to explain the rule after they make a pawn move that
would allow me to make an en passant capture. I then ask them if they
would like to change their move.

--Harold Buck


"I used to rock and roll all night,
and party every day.
Then it was every other day. . . ."
-Homer J. Simpson

The repetition rule is one reason a score has to be kept to make the claim.
But moving the king back and forth three times is not a sufficient
condition.

--Harold Buck

What I usually do, if I forget to find out if they know about en passant
before the game, is to explain the rule after they make a pawn move that
would allow me to make an en passant capture. I then ask them if they
would like to change their move.

--Harold Buck

That is very sporting of you, but of course, you are under no obligation to do
this. The tournament director will enforce your right to capture "en passant."

In article
,
Harold Buck wrote:



She can! Well, sometimes, if it makes the position repeat 3 times with
the same player to move. Oh, and I guess she has to announce her
intention to claim the draw before she moves the king the last time.

In the game in question, my pieces were rapidly approaching her king.
It wasn't a threefold.

In article
,
Harold Buck wrote:



What I usually do, if I forget to find out if they know about en passant
before the game, is to explain the rule after they make a pawn move that
would allow me to make an en passant capture. I then ask them if they
would like to change their move.

This is usually what I do as well.

-Ron