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illegally borne off checker rule

Posted By: Chuck Bower
Date: Monday, 24 August 2009, at 2:46 p.m.

In Response To: illegally borne off checker rule (Gregg Cattanach)

If I honestly fail to notice an illegal play by my opponent and play on, then all the spectators conclude I am a bad sport (at best) or a cheater (at worst).

So, why isn't "oh, Gregg just didn't see the illegal move" an option? That's the 'best case'.

I do have great respect for you and will always remember that you personally gave my comments during the last rules rework serious consideration (even though none of them passed the filters of the other committee members).

Having said that, I find the above argument so weak as to be ridiculous. If people who don't know you are so obtuse as to draw such a conclusion then they are going to find some other way to dislike/distrust/misunderstand you. The people who know you would never think such, and any reasonable person who didn't know you (I assume) would give you the benefit of the doubt.

There are some arguments against "legal moves" which have some validity, although IMO, not enough. I just don't think the above one is even close to being a reason to maintain the current rule.

Messages In This Thread

• illegally borne off checker rule
  Bob Koca -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 12:50 p.m.
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    Chiva Tafazzoli -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 1:08 p.m.
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      Bob Koca -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 1:13 p.m.
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    Gregg Cattanach -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 3:19 p.m.
  • Common sense should prevail
    neilkaz -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 3:42 p.m.
    • Common sense should prevail
      Gregg Cattanach -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 3:49 p.m.
      • Common sense should prevail
        Bob Koca -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 4:43 p.m.
    • Common sense should prevail
      Bob Koca -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 4:45 p.m.
    • Common sense should prevail
      Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 11:55 p.m.
      • Common sense should prevail
        Gregg Cattanach -- Friday, 21 August 2009, at 12:13 p.m.
        • Common sense should prevail
          Tom Keith -- Friday, 21 August 2009, at 12:53 p.m.
    • Common sense should prevail
      mfic -- Sunday, 6 September 2009, at 11:37 p.m.
  • illegally borne off checker rule
    Jason Lee -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 6:18 p.m.
    • illegally borne off checker rule
      Bob Koca -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 6:24 p.m.
      • illegally borne off checker rule
        Gregg Cattanach -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 6:34 p.m.
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        Daniel Murphy -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 6:58 p.m.
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    Matt Reklaitis -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 6:22 p.m.
    • illegally borne off checker rule
      Bob Koca -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 6:25 p.m.
      • illegally borne off checker rule
        Matt Reklaitis -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 8:01 p.m.
  • illegally borne off checker rule
    Gregg Cattanach -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 8:05 p.m.
  • I posed this ??? to some others via email...
    rory -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 9:16 p.m.
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    TarHeelFan -- Friday, 21 August 2009, at 12:39 a.m.
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      Steve Mellen -- Friday, 21 August 2009, at 1:11 a.m.
      • illegally borne off checker rule
        Gregg Cattanach -- Friday, 21 August 2009, at 12:10 p.m.
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      Rich Munitz -- Saturday, 22 August 2009, at 12:35 a.m.
      • illegally borne off checker rule
        Chuck Bower -- Saturday, 22 August 2009, at 5:44 p.m.
        • illegally borne off checker rule
          Rich Munitz -- Saturday, 22 August 2009, at 10:37 p.m.
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            Bob Koca -- Saturday, 22 August 2009, at 10:55 p.m.
            • illegally borne off checker rule
              Rich Munitz -- Saturday, 22 August 2009, at 11:19 p.m.
              • illegally borne off checker rule
                Gregg Cattanach -- Monday, 24 August 2009, at 12:39 p.m.
                • illegally borne off checker rule
                  Phil Simborg -- Monday, 24 August 2009, at 2:02 p.m.
                  • illegally borne off checker rule
                    Gregg Cattanach -- Monday, 24 August 2009, at 8:11 p.m.
                    • illegally borne off checker rule
                      Tom Keith -- Monday, 24 August 2009, at 8:48 p.m.
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                        Jason Lee -- Tuesday, 25 August 2009, at 12:29 a.m.
                        • illegally borne off checker rule
                          Tom Keith -- Tuesday, 25 August 2009, at 6:22 p.m.
                          • illegally borne off checker rule
                            joe freedman -- Tuesday, 25 August 2009, at 9:18 p.m.
                        • illegally borne off checker rule
                          Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 25 August 2009, at 7:24 p.m.
                          • illegally borne off checker rule
                            Chuck Bower -- Wednesday, 26 August 2009, at 9:25 p.m.
                            • illegally borne off checker rule
                              Jason Lee -- Monday, 7 September 2009, at 12:14 a.m.
                  • illegally borne off checker rule
                    Bob Koca -- Monday, 24 August 2009, at 9:45 p.m.
                    • illegally borne off checker rule
                      Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 25 August 2009, at 1:38 p.m.
                • illegally borne off checker rule
                  Chuck Bower -- Monday, 24 August 2009, at 2:46 p.m.
                  • illegally borne off checker rule
                    Tom Keith -- Monday, 24 August 2009, at 4:37 p.m.
  • illegally borne off checker rule
    Joe Russell -- Monday, 7 September 2009, at 2:06 a.m.
    • illegally borne off checker rule
      Gregg Cattanach -- Tuesday, 8 September 2009, at 2:07 a.m.
    • illegally borne off checker rule
      Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 8 September 2009, at 4:11 p.m.