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Interesting position from London Pro Final

Posted By: Colin Owen
Date: Monday, 5 September 2016, at 1:04 p.m.

In Response To: Interesting position from London Pro Final (Aref Alipour)

I was watching the streaming and I didn't notice the illegal play. This roll was particularly interesting, so I was definitely focused at that point, but didn't spot it. If no one does spot it I don't think you can do anything about it. I think most illegal plays favour the player who made it, and that includes my own. The subconscious can make us see what we want to see, misreading dice etc. If we make one in our opponents favour, I still believe it's best to leave LM as purely a gentleman's agreement, and not have it as a legal obligation to correct their errors. Wouldn't have made any difference here.

Not allowing tentative plays would have prevented this occurrence, however. Actual touch move is too much of a jump for our game, but IMHO the default rule in tournaments should be that, unless players agree otherwise, a legal move made cannot be retracted. Helps keeps the game clean, means opponent can relax more, and anyway it's supposed to be a mind sport.

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• Interesting position from London Pro Final
  Kevin McDonough -- Monday, 29 August 2016, at 8:22 p.m.
  • Interesting position from London Pro Final
    christian munk-christensen -- Monday, 29 August 2016, at 8:49 p.m.
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    Keene -- Monday, 29 August 2016, at 9:17 p.m.
    • Interesting position from London Pro Final
      John O'Hagan -- Monday, 29 August 2016, at 10:56 p.m.
      • Interesting position from London Pro Final
        Keene -- Tuesday, 30 August 2016, at 3:32 p.m.
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    neilkaz -- Monday, 29 August 2016, at 10:07 p.m.
    • Interesting position from London Pro Final
      Bill Riles -- Monday, 29 August 2016, at 10:21 p.m.
      • Interesting position from London Pro Final
        Keene -- Monday, 29 August 2016, at 10:34 p.m.
        • Interesting position from London Pro Final
          Bill Riles -- Monday, 29 August 2016, at 11:31 p.m.
          • Interesting position from London Pro Final
            Casper Van der Tak -- Tuesday, 30 August 2016, at 6:47 a.m.
        • Interesting position from London Pro Final
          Bill Riles -- Monday, 29 August 2016, at 11:41 p.m.
          • Interesting position from London Pro Final
            Keene -- Tuesday, 30 August 2016, at 4:27 p.m.
        • On rules- universally accepted and enforced (long)
          gudgen -- Tuesday, 30 August 2016, at 3:48 p.m.
          • Simple decision
            Jakob Garal -- Tuesday, 30 August 2016, at 9:53 p.m.
            • Simple decision
              Art Grater -- Sunday, 4 September 2016, at 2:36 a.m.
    • Interesting position from London Pro Final
      Aref Alipour -- Monday, 5 September 2016, at 11:16 a.m.
      • Interesting position from London Pro Final
        Colin Owen -- Monday, 5 September 2016, at 1:04 p.m.
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    garyo -- Tuesday, 30 August 2016, at 3:52 a.m.
  • Interesting position from London Pro Final
    Casper Van der Tak -- Tuesday, 30 August 2016, at 6:54 a.m.
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    ah_clem -- Tuesday, 30 August 2016, at 4:27 p.m.