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Ruling questions from Cyprus

Posted By: Tenland
Date: Sunday, 24 February 2019, at 1:41 p.m.

In Response To: Ruling questions from Cyprus (Florin Popa)

Based on EUBGF (WBGF these days) rules, the first situation is a take.

The rules state that "either the verbal act or the physical act on their own will be interpreted as a take or a pass as appropriate".

The physical act is defined as "moving the doubling cube to their side of the board".

Imho, walking around during the course of a game is poor etiquette, if not explicitly addressed in the WBGF rules. Standing still by the table while playing the game is another case, of course.

The Cyprus tournament invitation says "International backgammon rules will apply". I don't know whether they mean WBGF rules, but they could...

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• Ruling questions from Cyprus
  Phil Simborg -- Sunday, 24 February 2019, at 12:28 a.m.
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    roadkillbooks -- Sunday, 24 February 2019, at 8:24 a.m.
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      Bob Koca -- Sunday, 24 February 2019, at 10:13 p.m.
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        Colin Owen -- Monday, 25 February 2019, at 1:18 a.m.
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        roadkillbooks -- Monday, 25 February 2019, at 3:31 a.m.
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      niuniuch -- Monday, 25 February 2019, at 9:07 p.m.
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    Florin Popa -- Sunday, 24 February 2019, at 11:54 a.m.
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      Tenland -- Sunday, 24 February 2019, at 1:41 p.m.
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        Florin Popa -- Sunday, 24 February 2019, at 2:45 p.m.
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          roadkillbooks -- Sunday, 24 February 2019, at 8:13 p.m.
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            Florin Popa -- Sunday, 24 February 2019, at 11:14 p.m.
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    Bill Finneran -- Sunday, 24 February 2019, at 1:55 p.m.
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    Bob Koca -- Sunday, 24 February 2019, at 10:12 p.m.
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    Ian Terry -- Monday, 25 February 2019, at 1:24 a.m.
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    neilkaz -- Monday, 25 February 2019, at 4:29 p.m.
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    Stick -- Monday, 25 February 2019, at 11:54 p.m.
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      Colin Owen -- Tuesday, 26 February 2019, at 3:37 p.m.
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        Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 26 February 2019, at 4:19 p.m.
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          Colin Owen -- Tuesday, 26 February 2019, at 4:36 p.m.
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      Colin Owen -- Friday, 1 March 2019, at 4:35 a.m.
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        fernando neumark -- Saturday, 2 March 2019, at 7:51 p.m.
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          Kevin McDonough -- Sunday, 3 March 2019, at 3:14 a.m.
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            Stick -- Sunday, 3 March 2019, at 4:39 a.m.
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        Stick -- Sunday, 3 March 2019, at 4:36 a.m.
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        Florin Popa -- Sunday, 3 March 2019, at 1:15 p.m.
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    Robert Wachtel -- Tuesday, 26 February 2019, at 4:31 a.m.
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      Carlo Melzi -- Tuesday, 26 February 2019, at 9:35 a.m.
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        Florin Popa -- Tuesday, 26 February 2019, at 10:35 a.m.
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          Robert Wachtel -- Tuesday, 26 February 2019, at 4:16 p.m.
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            Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 26 February 2019, at 4:21 p.m.
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            Florin Popa -- Tuesday, 26 February 2019, at 5:58 p.m.
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        niuniuch -- Tuesday, 26 February 2019, at 9:01 p.m.