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Onetime shuffle rule

Posted By: Bill Riles
Date: Tuesday, 10 November 2009, at 11:25 p.m.

In Response To: Onetime shuffle rule (Nack Ballard)

I, too, find checker-shuffling quite annoying and, as we've all experienced, an easy source of errors and/or chicanery.

I try to use the offset checker method on the rare occasion I make a move with the idea I might not select the move.

I could certainly live with a touch-move rule.

I think we should, in the least, go to Gregg's 'reset' rule. Sometimes people can make potential moves, partial moves, move them again back and forth w/o ever going back to the original position, and on and on till I get dizzy trying to remember the original position. It can remind me of the carnival booth where one tries to determine which of the three cups the penny is under.

So, count me in for a 'touch-move' rule or, alternatively, on the 'reset' rule.

I don't like to see the rules vary much between classifications but I can appreciate Phil's suggestions to do it only on the Championship/Masters level, perhaps at least initially. Championship/masters level players can handle rules like this easily -- and, were they so inclined, can also easily manipulate the game (dare I say cheat?) with the current rules. I think there are very few in my estimation who would do so, but such relaxed standards accommodate those who would.

Messages In This Thread

• Onetime shuffle rule
  Nack Ballard -- Tuesday, 10 November 2009, at 8:55 p.m.
  • Onetime shuffle rule
    KenB -- Tuesday, 10 November 2009, at 9:09 p.m.
    • Onetime shuffle rule
      neilkaz -- Tuesday, 10 November 2009, at 9:20 p.m.
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        Phil Simborg -- Tuesday, 10 November 2009, at 9:46 p.m.
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          adambulldog -- Tuesday, 10 November 2009, at 10:47 p.m.
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          Mike Corbett -- Wednesday, 11 November 2009, at 3:24 a.m.
          • Onetime shuffle rule
            Seth -- Wednesday, 11 November 2009, at 10:16 p.m.
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      dlevy -- Tuesday, 10 November 2009, at 9:31 p.m.
    • Onetime shuffle rule
      Nack Ballard -- Wednesday, 11 November 2009, at 12:33 a.m.
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    Gregg Cattanach -- Tuesday, 10 November 2009, at 9:13 p.m.
    • Onetime shuffle rule
      Stein Kulseth -- Wednesday, 11 November 2009, at 9:03 a.m.
  • Onetime shuffle rule
    David Rockwell -- Tuesday, 10 November 2009, at 9:35 p.m.
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    Tom Keith -- Tuesday, 10 November 2009, at 10:21 p.m.
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    Keene -- Tuesday, 10 November 2009, at 10:52 p.m.
  • Onetime shuffle rule
    Steve Mellen -- Tuesday, 10 November 2009, at 11:09 p.m.
  • Onetime shuffle rule
    Bill Riles -- Tuesday, 10 November 2009, at 11:25 p.m.
  • Onetime shuffle rule
    Seth -- Tuesday, 10 November 2009, at 11:28 p.m.
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    Rich Munitz -- Wednesday, 11 November 2009, at 4:11 a.m.
    • Onetime shuffle rule
      dlevy -- Wednesday, 11 November 2009, at 4:15 a.m.
    • Onetime shuffle rule
      neilkaz -- Wednesday, 11 November 2009, at 4:37 a.m.
      • Onetime shuffle rule
        rory -- Wednesday, 11 November 2009, at 5:00 p.m.
        • potential trial
          David Rockwell -- Wednesday, 11 November 2009, at 7:17 p.m.
          • potential trial
            Jason Lee -- Wednesday, 11 November 2009, at 7:27 p.m.
            • potential trial
              Rich Munitz -- Wednesday, 11 November 2009, at 8:06 p.m.
              • potential trial
                David Rockwell -- Wednesday, 11 November 2009, at 10:29 p.m.
                • potential trial
                  Steen Grønbech -- Thursday, 12 November 2009, at 12:52 p.m.
                  • potential trial
                    David Rockwell -- Thursday, 12 November 2009, at 2:07 p.m.
      • Onetime shuffle rule
        joe freedman -- Thursday, 12 November 2009, at 2:38 a.m.
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      Dan Pelton -- Wednesday, 11 November 2009, at 10:30 a.m.
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      Gregg Cattanach -- Thursday, 12 November 2009, at 1:58 p.m.
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    Bob Koca -- Wednesday, 11 November 2009, at 4:44 a.m.
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    Christian Munk-Christensen -- Wednesday, 11 November 2009, at 8:44 a.m.
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    Peter G. -- Wednesday, 11 November 2009, at 9:06 a.m.
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    Chuck Bower -- Wednesday, 11 November 2009, at 6:38 p.m.
  • Consequences of touch/move
    dlevy -- Wednesday, 11 November 2009, at 10:50 p.m.
  • a solution
    Bill Riles -- Wednesday, 11 November 2009, at 11:50 p.m.
  • Onetime shuffle rule
    alex21 -- Thursday, 12 November 2009, at 2:44 a.m.
    • Onetime shuffle rule
      Nack Ballard -- Thursday, 12 November 2009, at 4:11 a.m.
      • Onetime shuffle rule
        Steve Mellen -- Thursday, 12 November 2009, at 6:43 p.m.
    • In chess ...
      neilkaz -- Thursday, 12 November 2009, at 5:29 a.m.
      • In chess ...
        Steve Mellen -- Thursday, 12 November 2009, at 6:35 p.m.
        • In chess ...
          Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 12 November 2009, at 6:41 p.m.
          • In chess ...
            neilkaz -- Thursday, 12 November 2009, at 6:56 p.m.
    • Onetime shuffle rule
      Phil Simborg -- Thursday, 12 November 2009, at 6:54 a.m.
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    Christian Munk-Christensen -- Thursday, 12 November 2009, at 7:45 a.m.
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    Chiva Tafazzoli -- Thursday, 12 November 2009, at 12:38 p.m.