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My Friend Herb Gurland

Posted By: Igor
Date: Tuesday, 13 January 2015, at 4:22 p.m.

In Response To: My Friend Herb Gurland (Albert Steg)

I SHUDDER TO THINK to think that, had I followed the “strict” rules I assumed were typical of high-level play, I might very well have been immediately ostracized among a group of people whom I hope to call friends (all the attendees at these two tournaments).

If by "strict rules" you mean in this case the non-legal moves rule, then it does not require you to demand that a non-legal play stand. If you allow your opponent to correct a non-legal move, then you are not breaking the rules. So, under this rule players have a (moral) choice, and it was Herb's choice that some participants of this forum didn't praise.

That's one of the main points of many proponents of "legal moves" rule -- no player is ever put into a position where they have to make a (difficult) choice. If they play by the rules, that is.

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