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illegally borne off checker rule

Posted By: Joe Russell
Date: Monday, 7 September 2009, at 2:06 a.m.

In Response To: illegally borne off checker rule (Bob Koca)

Forgive me for not reading this entire thread to see if this point has already been raised but isn't it true that once an illegal play is condoned it becomes a legal play? If so, the checker would not be illegally removed from play and there could not be gammons or backgammons. I think the purpose of this rule is to insure gammons could occur when a player starts with less than 15 men or one gets inadvertently removed from the board before the bear-off. You must bear-off a man to avoid a gammon or backgammon. Accepting this illegal bear-off makes it a legal bear-off, whereas condoning an opponent starting with fewer than 15 checkers or inadvertently removing a man from play other than via the bear-off, is not bearing-off.

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• 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.
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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.
      • illegally borne off checker rule
        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.
    • 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.