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illegally borne off checker rule

Posted By: joe freedman
Date: Tuesday, 25 August 2009, at 9:18 p.m.

In Response To: illegally borne off checker rule (Tom Keith)

Tom's post crystallized my vague unease with much of the discussion on illegal plays. The purpose of these rules should be to prevent cheating, and not to penalize new and/or scatter-brained players. Ironically, many of the rules on illegal plays can become part of the unethical player's arsenal.

In the case of a checker illegally borne-off, the opponent should not be able to countenance the move (especially in this case, where it left a double shot), and then later insist on a gammon.

Messages In This Thread

• illegally borne off checker rule
  Bob Koca -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 12:50 p.m.
  • illegally borne off checker rule
    Chiva Tafazzoli -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 1:08 p.m.
    • illegally borne off checker rule
      Bob Koca -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 1:13 p.m.
  • illegally borne off checker rule
    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.
      • illegally borne off checker rule
        Daniel Murphy -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 6:58 p.m.
  • illegally borne off checker rule
    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.
  • illegally borne off checker rule
    TarHeelFan -- Friday, 21 August 2009, at 12:39 a.m.
    • illegally borne off checker rule
      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.
    • illegally borne off checker rule
      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.
          • illegally borne off checker rule
            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.
                      • illegally borne off checker rule
                        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.