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Backgammon Ethics Questions ROLLOUT
Posted By: Daniel Murphy In Response To: Backgammon Ethics Questions ROLLOUT (Marv Porten)
Date: Wednesday, 2 November 2011, at 8:50 p.m.
Marv, tournament rules don't specifically outlaw "take-backs," but the ordinary rules of backgammon that we all play tournament backgammon by are very clear in my mind as to what you can and cannot do when it is your turn: you can double (or pass or take) if you have cube access, or roll and move. That's it. When you've done what you can do, you end your turn. Once your turn is over, you can't undo or redo your action. The only exception in tournament play is that your opponent in turn may require you to replay an move that you played illegally.
In the situation you describe, I understand that you are troubled by the opponent's having told you a possibly incorrect pipcount, but I can't imagine, even with this detail, that any director would allow you to take back the double you made relying (perhaps) on his statement.
You did make me curious to recall if the FIDE Laws of Chess specifically bar a player from offering to allow an opponent to redo a legal play which, as anyone who has played tournament chess knows, is not allowed. They do not and, just as in backgammon, I really don't see a need for such a rule.
See FIDE's well-written rules here: http://www.fide.com/fide/handbook.html?id=124&view=article
(For completeness we could acknowledge that there a few additional legal actions, such as timely adjusting a position because of an illegal set-up; offering to concede a single, double or triple loss in a noncontact position; and stopping the clock and summoning a director.)
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