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Touch moves and specious arguments

Posted By: joe freedman
Date: Tuesday, 9 March 2010, at 3:25 p.m.

In Response To: Touch moves (Phil Simborg)

"Specious" (meaning plausible but not genuine) is a favorite word among lawyers, especially in litigation. The adversaries' arguments are always specious, or perhaps "spurious" or "ill-considered". In this case, there are a number of logical arguments AGAINST touch move. First, it is more difficult for some players than other to conceptualize how the board will look after a particular move. It is another rule that would favor stronger players. Second, it is hard to imagine that "he said- she said" arguments would NOT arise on whether a checker was touched. Finally, and this may depart slightly from the realm of pure logic -- traditionally, BG has been a fast, informal game. It is not chess, despite the efforts of many in the BG community to move it in that direction.

Efficiency is not the only virtue.

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