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Are all premature actions necessarily bad?
Posted By: Daniel Murphy In Response To: Are all premature actions necessarily bad? (Rich Munitz)
Date: Thursday, 10 December 2009, at 12:50 a.m.
In a handful of similar situations, when I have been reasonably sure that opponent knows the position is double/pass but may think or be pretending to think that I don't know that, I've also turned the cube or pointed to it or politely announced that I will be doubling no matter what. I suppose one could do any of this obnoxiously, but otherwise I don't see a problem. It works.
If opponent truly was taking two minutes on a "zero equity" play, I would probably call TD and say "this match is behind schedule, opponent has (for instance) taken two minutes on this zero equity play decision, and I request that the rest of the match be clocked."
I'm less happy with rolling during opponent's turn just because he hasn't "conceded a gin position." Will rolling during opponent's turn really speed up the game, or will it just cause argument or ill feeling? Assuming that you are in fact correct, have you claimed the position? Again, you should have the option of requesting that the rest of the match clocked. However, this kind of situation has only happened to me in the last game of a match, and I think that what tends to happen is that you choose between (1) claiming the position (and involving the TD, if necessary), and (2) donating a few seconds of your life to the cause of building good will and the next tournament's prize pool by allowing your opponent to lose happily (if not gracefully). I'll humor a "want to get my money's worth" loser, up to a point. Most likely, your opponent is someone you'd like to attend your next tournament.
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