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Touch moves
Posted By: Henrik Bukkjaer In Response To: Touch moves (Rich Munitz)
Date: Tuesday, 9 March 2010, at 9:47 p.m.
Agree Rich!
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This is the official English translation og the SBGF rules I mentioned earlier:
Checkers and Moves 15. If an incorrect starting position is detected before both players have completed their first roll, the position may be adjusted. 16. If a checker is found outside the board during a game the player who is not at fault may either place the checker in question on the bar or force the opponent to continue playing using only 14 checkers. The player with 14 checkers may still be gammoned or backgammoned. 17. Players must move the checkers with one hand only. 18. A player who has hit the opponent's checker must place the checker in question on the bar. Merely touching the checker or using gestures to communicate the hitting do not count as valid play. 19. A checker which has been hit must be placed on the bar. A player may not keep holding one or several checkers. 20. Players may not, in an uncontrolled manner, move their checkers back and forth across the board in order to test new positions. Players are recommended to place the checkers at least 2 centimetres above the checker/checkers that are already in the intended tongue or on the edge of the board if the intended tongue is empty. 21. In the event of a misplay, the opponent has the right to comment, after the dice have been lifted by the player at fault, only if he wants the misplay to be corrected. Otherwise, the play is valid.
Rule #20 is the relevant one for this discussion. They state that testing positions should be done in a controlled manner, and "recommend" off-setting pieces when doing so.
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